Version bump for 3.4.4rc1.

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.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ Python News
 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__.