From 9144763aaeffb356cde80507ec2e286b31ccb90f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:11:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add weasel-words about versioning, so I don't have to check
 in a new README for each new alpha release.

---
 README | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 69b89ddc851..519c543e0dd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-This is Python version 1.6 -- released March 31, 2000
-=====================================================
+This is Python version 1.6
+==========================
+
+There are various alpha and beta versions -- these are distinguishable
+through Include/patchlevel.h or by the name of the top-level directory
+and the tar file.
 
 
 What's new in this release?