bump to 2.7.7rc1
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 6e50885..79fd8d7 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
# Updated automatically by the Python release process.
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.7.6"
+__version__ = "2.7.7rc1"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index cc00965..e2cd470 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.6"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.7rc1"