diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index b5cac68..246eba8 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 /* Version parsed out into numeric values */
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	3
-#define PY_MINOR_VERSION	5
+#define PY_MINOR_VERSION	6
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.5.0b1+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.6.0a0"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index ec86466..ac7b9af 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -1867,6 +1867,13 @@
         od = OrderedDict(**d)
         self.assertGreater(sys.getsizeof(od), sys.getsizeof(d))
 
+    def test_views(self):
+        # See http://bugs.python.org/issue24286
+        s = 'the quick brown fox jumped over a lazy dog yesterday before dawn'.split()
+        od = OrderedDict.fromkeys(s)
+        self.assertEqual(od.keys(), dict(od).keys())
+        self.assertEqual(od.items(), dict(od).items())
+
     def test_override_update(self):
         # Verify that subclasses can override update() without breaking __init__()
         class MyOD(OrderedDict):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dictviews.py b/Lib/test/test_dictviews.py
index 280353a..d96832e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dictviews.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dictviews.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import collections
 import unittest
 
 class DictSetTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -197,6 +198,27 @@
         d[42] = d.values()
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, repr, d)
 
+    def test_abc_registry(self):
+        d = dict(a=1)
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.keys(), collections.KeysView)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.keys(), collections.MappingView)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.keys(), collections.Set)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.keys(), collections.Sized)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.keys(), collections.Iterable)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.keys(), collections.Container)
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.values(), collections.ValuesView)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.values(), collections.MappingView)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.values(), collections.Sized)
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.items(), collections.ItemsView)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.items(), collections.MappingView)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.items(), collections.Set)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.items(), collections.Sized)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.items(), collections.Iterable)
+        self.assertIsInstance(d.items(), collections.Container)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f3745ac..a01c238 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 Python News
 +++++++++++
 
+What's New in Python 3.6.0 alpha 1?
+===================================
+
+Release date: XXXX-XX-XX
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 3.5.0 beta 2?
 ==================================