Preparing for 2.5b1.
diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index b4c9f48..05468d6 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
Email: \email{docs@python.org}
}
-\date{\today} % XXX update before final release!
+\date{20 June, 2006} % XXX update before final release!
\input{patchlevel} % include Python version information
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 4f58762..e5bac22 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 2
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 5
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.5a2"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.5b1"
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
#define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION "$Revision$"
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 25e5d40..e0dc6ad 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
+=========================
+
+*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
+
What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
=========================
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index b7deb3f..2064eb3 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "1.2a2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "1.2b1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3b8e22c..b0f6641 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.5 beta 1?
=================================
-*Release date: XX-JUN-2006*
+*Release date: 20-JUN-2006*
Core and builtins
-----------------