bump version to 2.7b1
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index ba11e18..7f8324c 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 2
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 7
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 4
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.7a4+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.7b1"
/*--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 0158996..aa55ccc 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__ = "2.7a4"
+__version__ = "2.7b1"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 2343ea8..a78d4ec 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7a4"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7b1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e11d9cd..7ddeff0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.7 beta 1?
================================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2010-04-10*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
index ee2abe7..c875be5 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 2.7a4
+%define version 2.7b1
%define libver 2.7
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 092f8ee..5be424b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.7 alpha 4
-==================================
+This is Python version 2.7 beta 1
+=================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Python Software Foundation.