Bump version number; record 2.3 release date
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
index 7e3818f..2e9b385 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
% $Id$
\title{What's New in Python 2.3}
-\release{0.90}
+\release{1.00}
\author{A.M.\ Kuchling}
\authoraddress{\email{amk@amk.ca}}
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
-This article explains the new features in Python 2.3. The
-release date of Python 2.3 is currently scheduled for August 2003.
+This article explains the new features in Python 2.3. Python 2.3 was
+released on July 29, 2003.
The main themes for Python 2.3 are polishing some of the features
added in 2.2, adding various small but useful enhancements to the core