From af358ef3998dab057829a83a00f0cd92fc7a9978 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:27:24 -0600
Subject: 2.7.9rc1

---
 Include/patchlevel.h      | 8 ++++----
 Lib/distutils/__init__.py | 2 +-
 Lib/idlelib/idlever.py    | 2 +-
 Misc/NEWS                 | 6 +++---
 Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec  | 2 +-
 README                    | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index bd6bd84..e2915f1 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/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
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 7b8b924..532f5ea 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/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--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index c826882..492a30b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.8"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.9rc1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 923bfb7..ed81c3b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/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
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
index 988c3cc..ca2546b 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
+++ b/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
diff --git a/README b/README
index d11ff3a..1d5b650 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.7.8
+This is Python version 2.7.9
 ============================
 
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