docs: prep for 7.12.1b1

nedbat · nedbat · commit 8be0b5c9f2dc · 2025-11-30T15:13:46.000-05:00
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ upgrading your version of coverage.py.
     ..  Version 9.8.1 &mdash; 2027-07-27
     ..  --------------------------
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+.. start-releases
+
+.. _changes_7-12-1b1:
+
+Version 7.12.1b1 &mdash; 2025-11-30
+-----------------------------
 
 - Fix: coverage.py now includes a permanent .pth file in the distribution which
   is installed with the code. This fixes `issue 2084`_: failure to patch for
@@ -30,8 +34,6 @@ Unreleased
 .. _issue 2084: https://github.com/coveragepy/coveragepy/issues/2084
 
 
-.. start-releases
-
 .. _changes_7-12-0:
 
 Version 7.12.0 &mdash; 2025-11-18
diff --git a/coverage/version.py b/coverage/version.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 # version_info: same semantics as sys.version_info.
 # _dev: the .devN suffix if any.
-version_info = (7, 12, 1, "alpha", 0)
-_dev = 1
+version_info = (7, 12, 1, "beta", 1)
+_dev = 0
 
 
 def _make_version(
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@
 # @@@ editable
 copyright = "2009&ndash;2025, Ned Batchelder"  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
 # The short X.Y.Z version.
-version = "7.12.0"
+version = "7.12.1"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "7.12.0"
+release = "7.12.1b1"
 # The date of release, in "monthname day, year" format.
-release_date = "November 18, 2025"
+release_date = "November 30, 2025"
 # @@@ end
 
 rst_epilog = f"""
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ supported on:
 .. ifconfig:: prerelease
 
     **This is a pre-release build.  The usual warnings about possible bugs
-    apply.** The latest stable version is coverage.py 6.5.0, `described here`_.
+    apply.** The latest stable version is coverage.py 7.12.0, `described here`_.
 
 .. _described here: http://coverage.readthedocs.io/
 
diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
     - Update to a major/minor version bump if needed.
     - IF PRE-RELEASE:
         - edit to look like one of these:
-        version_info = (4, 0, 2, "alpha", 1)
-        version_info = (4, 0, 2, "beta", 1)
-        version_info = (4, 0, 2, "candidate", 1)
-        version_info = (4, 0, 2, "final", 0)
+            version_info = (4, 0, 2, "alpha", 1)
+            version_info = (4, 0, 2, "beta", 1)
+            version_info = (4, 0, 2, "candidate", 1)
+            version_info = (4, 0, 2, "final", 0)
+        - also:
+            _dev = 0
     - IF NOT PRE-RELEASE:
         $ make release_version
 - Update source files with release facts, and get useful snippets:
