preparing for 2.5b2
diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index b4c9f48..c23b64f 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
Email: \email{docs@python.org}
}
-\date{\today} % XXX update before final release!
+\date{11th July, 2006} % XXX update before final release!
\input{patchlevel} % include Python version information
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index e5bac22..e04e052 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 1
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.5b1"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.5b2"
/* 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 e0dc6ad..034dded 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+What's New in IDLE 1.2b2?
+=========================
+
+*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
+
What's New in IDLE 1.2b1?
=========================
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 2064eb3..153651c 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "1.2b1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "1.2b2"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d01c1b1..6f28dbc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
What's New in Python 2.5 beta 2?
================================
-*Release date: XX-JUL-2006*
+*Release date: 11-JUL-2006*
Core and builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
index e050454..7d12643 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
#################################
%define name python
-%define version 2.5a2
+%define version 2.5b2
%define libvers 2.5
%define release 1pydotorg
%define __prefix /usr
diff --git a/README b/README
index ac7ad57..80fe417 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.5 alpha 1
+This is Python version 2.5 beta 2
==================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Python Software Foundation.