bump to 2.7.3 final
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index ba9e140..0a05696 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	2
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	7
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	3
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.3rc2"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.3"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository). Empty
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index a137950..036062c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 # Updated automatically by the Python release process.
 #
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.7.3rc2"
+__version__ = "2.7.3"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index eba4b9f..72666cb 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.3rc2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.3"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d7f63ae..e8778ad 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 What's New in Python 2.7.3 final?
 =================================
 
-*Release date: 2012-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2012-04-09*
 
 Library
 -------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
index 9095efd..aad3529 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 2.7.3rc2
+%define version 2.7.3
 %define libvers 2.7
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg