diff --git a/IPython/Release.py b/IPython/Release.py
index 1102a61..3dd3b0e 100644
--- a/IPython/Release.py
+++ b/IPython/Release.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Release data for the IPython project.
 
-$Id: Release.py 1965 2006-12-07 16:07:14Z vivainio $"""
+$Id: Release.py 1968 2006-12-07 18:14:03Z vivainio $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez <fperez@colorado.edu>
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ name = 'ipython'
 # because bdist_rpm does not accept dashes (an RPM) convention, and
 # bdist_deb does not accept underscores (a Debian convention).
 
-revision = '1964M'
+revision = '1967'
 
 #version = '0.7.3.svn' 
 
-version = '0.7.3.svn.r' + revision.rstrip('M')
+version = '0.7.3b2.r' + revision.rstrip('M')
 
 
 description = "An enhanced interactive Python shell."
diff --git a/tools/make_tarball.py b/tools/make_tarball.py
index 4fb2166..c5ea64a 100644
--- a/tools/make_tarball.py
+++ b/tools/make_tarball.py
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ assert not os.path.isdir(workdir)
 os.mkdir(workdir)
 os.chdir(workdir)
 
-oscmd('svn co %s %s' % (repo,basename))
-ver = os.popen('svnversion %s' % basename).read().strip()
+oscmd('svn export %s %s' % (repo,basename))
+ver = os.popen('svnversion ../..').read().strip()
 tarname = '%s.r%s.tgz' % (basename, ver)
 oscmd('tar czvf ../%s %s' % (tarname, basename))
 print "Produced: ",os.path.abspath('../' + tarname)
+os.chdir('/')
 shutil.rmtree(workdir)