Version bump for 3.6.0rc1
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 2d68638..e2a9ace 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 3
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 6
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 4
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.6.0b4+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.6.0rc1"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1f47248..770c8a9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
What's New in Python 3.6.0 release candidate 1
==============================================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2016-12-06*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/README b/README
index 66290ab..f833c14 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.6.0 beta 4
-===================================
+This is Python version 3.6.0 release candidate 1
+================================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved.