preparing for 2.5c2
diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index 3d78bc0..3545a67 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 	Email: \email{docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{17th August, 2006}			% XXX update before final release!
+\date{12th September, 2006}			% XXX update before final release!
 \input{patchlevel}		% include Python version information
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index db8388d..0990a18 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	5
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION		"2.5c1"
+#define PY_VERSION		"2.5c2"
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
 #define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION  "$Revision$"
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index d9e0c50..74897fa 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+What's New in IDLE 1.2c2?
+=========================
+
+*Release date: 12-SEP-2006*
+
 What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
 =========================
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 29686fd..5266b82 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "1.2c1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "1.2c2"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fe9532a..fd25b24 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 What's New in Python 2.5 release candidate 2?
 =============================================
 
-*Release date: XX-SEP-2006*
+*Release date: 12-SEP-2006*
 
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/README b/README
index 16dfaf3..d5152ba 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.5 rc 1
+This is Python version 2.5 rc 2
 ===============================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Python Software Foundation.