bump version to 2.7 beta 2
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 7227d8d..2d8ec4a 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 7
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.7b1+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.7b2"
/*--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 aa55ccc..5f40170 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__ = "2.7b1"
+__version__ = "2.7b2"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index a78d4ec..c05409e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7b1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7b2"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d791ad7..e5351ff 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.7 beta 2?
================================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2010-05-08*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
index c875be5..6a2192c 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
%define name python
#--start constants--
-%define version 2.7b1
+%define version 2.7b2
%define libver 2.7
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5be424b..5a5b8e1 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.7 beta 1
+This is Python version 2.7 beta 2
=================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010