release 8.0.0a1

IPython/core/release.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 b' _version_minor = 0'
 _version_patch = 0
 _version_extra = '.dev'
 # _version_extra = 'b1'
-# _version_extra = ""  # Uncomment this for full releases
+_version_extra = "a1"  # Uncomment this for full releases
 
 # Construct full version string from these.
 _ver = [_version_major, _version_minor, _version_patch]

tools/release

@@ -70,7 +70,7 b' else:'
     # Build, but don't upload
 
     # Make backup tarball
-    sh('./make_tarball.py')
+    sh('python make_tarball.py')
     sh('mv ipython-*.tgz %s' % ipbackupdir)
 
     # Build release files