bump version to 3.1a1
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 231ffbc..6e42220 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	1
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.1a0"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.1a1"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 1cf8a6e..12a430e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 # Updated automatically by the Python release process.
 #
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "3.1a0"
+__version__ = "3.1a1"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 42720f9..2c41582 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.1a0"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.1a1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 48cb004..6e788fa 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
-What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0
+What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 1
 ================================
 
-*Release date: XX-XXX-200X*
+*Release date: 2009-03-07*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
index fabb57b..dd77428 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 3.0rc3
-%define libver 3.0
+%define version 3.1a1
+%define libver 3.1
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg
 %define __prefix /usr
diff --git a/README b/README
index ea630d5..6af92c7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.1 alpha 0
+This is Python version 3.1 alpha 1
 ==================================
 
 For notes specific to this release, see RELNOTES in this directory.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Release Schedule
 ----------------
 
-See PEP XXX for release details: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-XXX/
+See PEP 375 for release details: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0375/
 
 
 Documentation