version now 3.1.5rc1
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index d9652a5..9fc6e97 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
/*--start constants--*/
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 3
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 1
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 4
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 5
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.1.4+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.1.5rc1"
/*--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 a3e2993..0e42762 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__ = "3.1.4"
+__version__ = "3.1.5rc1"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 09f1b72..049da68 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.1.4"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.1.5rc1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0d23663..07b981c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
What's New in Python 3.1.5?
===========================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2012-02-23*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
index 4215cbb..c89c1da 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
%define name python
#--start constants--
-%define version 3.1.4
+%define version 3.1.5rc1
%define libvers 3.1
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index b136247..83b6871 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.1.4
+This is Python version 3.1.5
============================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010