Bumping to 2.6b1
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 2ad6fb7..79ddbb7 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 0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 3
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.6a3+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.6b1"
/*--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 e3e32f5..a192357 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.6a3"
+__version__ = "2.6b1"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 6dcab30..5c5edb7 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6a3"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6b1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7f5e4f1..1829cba 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.6 beta 1?
================================
-*Release date: XX-June-2008*
+*Release date: 18-June-2008*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index d6d14d8..540df83 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 2.6a3
+%define version 2.6b1
%define libver 2.6
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 8f53ca4..17e248c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.6 alpha 3
-==================================
+This is Python version 2.6 beta 1
+=================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Python Software Foundation.