Bumping to 2.6rc1
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 74d0a47..b622f7d 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 #
 
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.6b3"
+__version__ = "2.6rc1"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 5c055d0..59c5568 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6b3"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6rc1"