Bump to 2.6a3
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index c55e8d0..b5ad8e7 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 6
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 3
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.6a2+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.6a3"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index d0dd03a..e3e32f5 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.6a2"
+__version__ = "2.6a3"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 308e33f..6dcab30 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6a2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6a3"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a151785..4a19394 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 3?
=================================
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2008*
+*Release date: 08-May-2008*
Core and builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index b7f7241..d6d14d8 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 2.6a2
+%define version 2.6a3
%define libver 2.6
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5523ad8..e97bb17 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.6 alpha 2
+This is Python version 2.6 alpha 3
==================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008