pre-release machinations
diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index c23b64f..9749432 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
Email: \email{docs@python.org}
}
-\date{11th July, 2006} % XXX update before final release!
+\date{3rd August, 2006} % XXX update before final release!
\input{patchlevel} % include Python version information
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index e04e052..6552574 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_BETA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 3
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.5b2"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.5b3"
/* 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 e4b7ecd..a454ea5 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-What's New in IDLE 1.2c1?
+What's New in IDLE 1.2b3?
=========================
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2006*
+*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
- EditorWindow.test() was failing. Bug 1417598
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 153651c..07d3d82 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "1.2b2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "1.2b3"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0d05e03..13323f5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.5 beta 3?
================================
-*Release date: XX-AUG-2006*
+*Release date: 03-AUG-2006*
Core and builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
index 7d12643..afbb09e 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
#################################
%define name python
-%define version 2.5b2
+%define version 2.5b3
%define libvers 2.5
%define release 1pydotorg
%define __prefix /usr
diff --git a/README b/README
index e4adbd3..d3d7390 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.5 beta 2
-==================================
+This is Python version 2.5 beta 3
+=================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Python Software Foundation.
All rights reserved.