bump version to 2.7a1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d3761ba..3fa76b4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1
================================
-*Release date: XX-XXX-20XX*
+*Release date: 2009-12-04*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
index f878fb2..2d84d53 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
%define name python
#--start constants--
-%define version 2.6
-%define libver 2.6
+%define version 2.7a1
+%define libver 2.7
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
%define __prefix /usr