Version bump for 3.4.4rc1.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index f884cd1..df4b4e6 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
/*--start constants--*/
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 3
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 4
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 3
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 4
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.4.3+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.4.4rc1"
/*--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 abd3e38..4351785 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
What's New in Python 3.4.4rc1?
==============================
-Release date: tba
+Release date: 2015/12/06
Core and Builtins
-----------------
-- Issue #25709: Fixed problem with in-place string concatenation and utf-8 cache.
+- Issue #25709: Fixed problem with in-place string concatenation and utf-8
+ cache.
- Issue #24097: Fixed crash in object.__reduce__() if slot name is freed inside
__getattr__.