From beb798cad6a6013d5a606ea0cd19640b35b468ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ned Deily <nad@python.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:04:12 -0400
Subject: Version bump for 3.6.0b1

---
 Include/patchlevel.h | 6 +++---
 Misc/NEWS            | 2 +-
 README               | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index d2263d8..36e221f 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	6
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	4
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.6.0a4+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.6.0b1"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 73a390a..f2ad24b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Python News
 What's New in Python 3.6.0 beta 1
 =================================
 
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2016-09-12*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/README b/README
index ad3db25..19dc787 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.6.0 alpha 4
-====================================
+This is Python version 3.6.0 beta 1
+===================================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Python Software Foundation.  All rights reserved.
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