Bumping for 2.6.3rc1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c91edeb..996f5b6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
-What's New in Python 2.6.3
-==========================
+What's New in Python 2.6.3rc1
+=============================
 
-*Release date: XX-XX-XXX*
+*Release date: 29-Sep-2009*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index 766e454..40cc487 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 2.6.2
+%define version 2.6.3rc1
 %define libver 2.6
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg