2.7.9rc1

Include/patchlevel.h

@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	2
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	7
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	8
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	9
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.8+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.9rc1"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository). Empty

Lib/distutils/__init__.py

@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ __revision__ = "$Id$"
 # Updated automatically by the Python release process.
 #
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.7.8"
+__version__ = "2.7.9rc1"
 #--end constants--

Lib/idlelib/idlever.py

-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.8"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.9rc1"

Misc/NEWS

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 Python News
 +++++++++++
 
-What's New in Python 2.7.9?
-==========================
+What's New in Python 2.7.9 release candidate 1?
+===============================================
 
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2014-11-25*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------

Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 2.7.8
+%define version 2.7.9rc1
 %define libvers 2.7
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg

README

-This is Python version 2.7.8
+This is Python version 2.7.9
 ============================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,