Bump to 2.6.8
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 955e650..f565752 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 2
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 6
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 8
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.6.8rc2"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.6.8"
/*--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 141b377..e5008c9 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.6.8rc2"
+__version__ = "2.6.8"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 4acb814..92525ae 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6.8rc2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6.8"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a8e813d..cdd3cf5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
Python News
+++++++++++
+What's New in Python 2.6.8?
+===========================
+
+*Release date: 2012-04-10*
+
+No changes since 2.6.8rc2.
+
+
What's New in Python 2.6.8 rc 2?
================================
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index 41471bb..e80b952 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 2.6.8rc2
+%define version 2.6.8
%define libvers 2.6
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5656285..9cda724 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.6.8 rc 2
-=================================
+This is Python version 2.6.8
+============================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012