Bumping to 2.6rc2
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index ff767a9..26c646dc 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_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.6rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.6rc2"
/*--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 b622f7d..fb8043c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.6rc1"
+__version__ = "2.6rc2"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 59c5568..0d7ab6b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6rc1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6rc2"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index dbcaf62..b0bbb69 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.6 release candidate 2?
=============================================
-*Release date: XX-XXXX-2008*
+*Release date: 17-Sep-2008*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index cd17d44..dda5b60 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 2.6rc1
+%define version 2.6rc2
%define libver 2.6
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 8a6fa53..8f0024a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.6 release candidate 1
+This is Python version 2.6 release candidate 2
==============================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008