Bump to 2.6.5 rc 1.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 6573a00..9287aff 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
/*--start constants--*/
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 2
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 6
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 4
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 5
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.6.4+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.6.5rc1"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index b37308c..8c2ab8f 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.6.4"
+__version__ = "2.6.5rc1"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 7f3d8f4..d5a6f53 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6.4"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6.5rc1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a7b724f..49353a7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
-What's New in Python 2.6.5
-==========================
+What's New in Python 2.6.5 rc 1?
+================================
-*Release date: XX-XXX-20XX*
+*Release date: 2010-03-01*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index e76ca14..3f869b9 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
%define name python
#--start constants--
-%define version 2.6.4
-%define libvers 2.6
+%define version 2.6.5rc1
+%define libver 2.6
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
%define __prefix /usr
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0285a6e..d5adedb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.6.4
-============================
+This is Python version 2.6.5 rc 1
+=================================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Python Software Foundation.