diff --git a/IPython/Release.py b/IPython/Release.py
index 55d5ff2..c18fc0b 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 951 2005-12-25 00:57:24Z fperez $"""
+$Id: Release.py 979 2005-12-30 02:42:31Z fperez $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Fernando Perez <fperez@colorado.edu>
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ name = 'ipython'
 # because bdist_rpm does not accept dashes (an RPM) convention, and
 # bdist_deb does not accept underscores (a Debian convention).
 
-version = '0.6.16.svn'
+version = '0.7.0.rc1'
 
-revision = '$Revision: 951 $'
+revision = '$Revision: 979 $'
 
 description = "An enhanced interactive Python shell."
 
diff --git a/tools/testrel b/tools/testrel
index 458f819..75cd804 100755
--- a/tools/testrel
+++ b/tools/testrel
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # release test
-PYVER=`python -V 2>&1 | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1$2}' `
 
 # clean up build/dist directories
 rm -rf ~/ipython/ipython/build/*
@@ -12,14 +11,12 @@ cd ~/ipython/ipython
 
 ./setup.py sdist --formats=gztar
 
-#./setup.py bdist_rpm --release=py$PYVER
 python2.3 ./setup.py bdist_rpm --release=py23 --python=/usr/bin/python2.3
 python2.4 ./setup.py bdist_rpm --release=py24 --python=/usr/bin/python2.4
 
 # Call the windows build separately, so that the extra Windows scripts don't
 # get pulled into Unix builds (setup.py has code which checks for
 # bdist_wininst)
-#./setup.py bdist_wininst --install-script=ipython_win_post_install.py
 
 # For now, make the win32 installer with a hand-built 2.3.5 python, which is
 # the only one that fixes a crash in the post-install phase.