Bump to 2.6b3.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 88bf994..5de03dc 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 6
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 3
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.6b2+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.6b3"
/*--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 06ec0d4b..74d0a47 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.6b2"
+__version__ = "2.6b3"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 4951b87..5c055d0 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6b2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6b3"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 05ceab6..cefddc5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.6 beta 3?
================================
-*Release date: XX-Aug-2008*
+*Release date: 20-Aug-2008*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index 3a765fb..24e40df 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
%define name python
#--start constants--
-%define version 2.6b2
+%define version 2.6b3
%define libver 2.6
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 57b7c45..8408e75 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.6 beta 2
+This is Python version 2.6 beta 3
=================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008