bump version to 2.7.10rc1
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index edb9ae8..3789b05 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 7
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 10
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.7.10rc0"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.7.10rc1"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository). Empty
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 8780be7..90f438d 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__ = "2.7.9"
+__version__ = "2.7.10rc1"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index ba1b4d5..b80c479 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.9"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.10rc1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b5a149c..aef5e59 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
Python News
+++++++++++
-What's New in Python 2.7.10?
-============================
+What's New in Python 2.7.10 release candidate 1?
+================================================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2015-05-10*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4c4c239..252d90e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.7.9
-============================
+This is Python version 2.7.10
+=============================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved.