Separate the version number and release status into two separate values.
diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index 3e35d1f..d165dba 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
}
\date{\today} % XXX update before release!
-\release{2.2a0} % software release, not documentation
+\release{2.2} % software release, not documentation
+\setreleaseinfo{a0} % empty for final release
\setshortversion{2.2} % major.minor only for software