bump to 2.7.8
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 139a9bd..732b07e 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
/*--start constants--*/
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 2
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 7
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 7
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 8
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.7.7+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.7.8"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository). Empty
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index fe729e7..7b8b924 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__ = "2.7.7"
+__version__ = "2.7.8"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 55bfe1c..c826882 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.7"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.8"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 982bf30..dae435f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.7.8?
===========================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2014-06-29*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
index fb0775c..988c3cc 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 2.7.7
+%define version 2.7.8
%define libvers 2.7
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7699ec6..d11ff3a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.7.7
+This is Python version 2.7.8
============================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,