Various updates to the version number, on the eve of the 2.3a1 release.
diff --git a/README b/README
index b7b53af..e9841b8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-This is Python version 2.3 (pre-alpha)
-==========================
+This is Python version 2.3 alpha 1
+==================================
 
-Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Python Software Foundation.
+Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.