From 228fe9ef997d47a82f4eda53db5ae2621a2a510b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Allen <ja.py@farowl.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 19:52:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare for 2.7.4b1 release.

---
 NEWS         | 4 ++--
 build.gradle | 2 +-
 build.xml    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 376a5b303..6885a4f49 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ Jython 2.7.4
 
 New Features
 
-    - Nothing yet.
+    - Bug fixes only.
 
 
-Jython 2.7.4a1 Bugs fixed
+Jython 2.7.4b1 Bugs fixed
     - [ GH-316 ] Clash over META-INF in shaded JARs
     - [ GH-310 ] CVE-2024-25710 and CVE-2024-26308 (commons-compress)
     - [ GH-304 ] from java import * not working in Java 21
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f6906414a..604bdeb9f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 // Versions are specified in this grammar:
 // <major> . <minor> ( . <micro> )? ( <release> <serial> )? ( - <word> )?
 
-version = '2.7.4a1'
+version = '2.7.4b1'
 
 // Valid examples (please preserve in comments):
 //version = '2.7.2a2'
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 569e76bec..fac5b8f62 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ informix.jar = ../support/jdbc-4.10.12.jar
         <property name="jython.major_version" value="2"/>
         <property name="jython.minor_version" value="7"/>
         <property name="jython.micro_version" value="4"/>
-        <property name="jython.release_level" value="${PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA}"/>
+        <property name="jython.release_level" value="${PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA}"/>
 
         <!-- Zero at full release: one-up number for alpha, beta and candidate versions. -->
         <property name="jython.release_serial" value="1"/>