Bump to 2.6.5 rc 1.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a7b724f..49353a7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
-What's New in Python 2.6.5
-==========================
+What's New in Python 2.6.5 rc 1?
+================================
-*Release date: XX-XXX-20XX*
+*Release date: 2010-03-01*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index e76ca14..3f869b9 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
%define name python
#--start constants--
-%define version 2.6.4
-%define libvers 2.6
+%define version 2.6.5rc1
+%define libver 2.6
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
%define __prefix /usr