towards final release
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 400f4f1..8e2f31d 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.7rc2"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.7rc2+"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0f0f837..5926603 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
+What's New in Python 2.7?
+=========================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
What's New in Python 2.7 release candidate 2?
=============================================