Bumping to 2.6.6 rc 1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7ebf46e..ca9d8f7 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 2.6.6 alpha 1?
-===================================
+What's New in Python 2.6.6 rc 1?
+================================
 
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2010-08-03*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
   small arguments were treated this way; larger arguments (those whose
   __int__ was outside the range of a C long) would produce a TypeError.
 
-- Issue #8417: Raise an OverflowError when an integer larger than sys.maxsize is
-  passed to bytearray.
+- Issue #8417: Raise an OverflowError when an integer larger than sys.maxsize
+  is passed to bytearray.
 
 - Issue #8329: Don't return the same lists from select.select when no fds are
   changed.
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index 11b069f..ba38b34 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 2.6.5
+%define version 2.6.6rc1
 %define libver 2.6
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg