Prep for 5.0b2coverage-5.0b2

5 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 605c1e98..d5eda131 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ want to know what's different in 5.0 since 4.5.x, see :ref:`whatsnew5x`.
     ..  Version 7.8.1 --- 2021-07-27
     ..  ----------------------------
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+
+Version 5.0b2 --- 2019-12-08
+----------------------------
 
 - An experimental ``[run] relative_files`` setting tells coverage to store
   relative file names in the data file. This makes it easier to run tests in
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f13a4dfc..3ab98ce2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Documentation is on `Read the Docs`_.  Code repository and issue tracker are on
 .. _GitHub: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy
 
 
-**New in 5.0:** SQLite data storage, JSON report, contexts, dropped support for
-Python 2.6, 3.3 and 3.4.
+**New in 5.0:** SQLite data storage, JSON report, contexts, relative filenames,
+dropped support for Python 2.6, 3.3 and 3.4.
 
 
 For Enterprise
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 649c958b..e37ff544 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ copyright = u'2009\N{EN DASH}2019, Ned Batchelder.'     # CHANGEME  # pylint: di
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '5.0'                                 # CHANGEME
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '5.0b1'                               # CHANGEME
+release = '5.0b2'                               # CHANGEME
 # The date of release, in "monthname day, year" format.
-release_date = 'November 11, 2019'              # CHANGEME
+release_date = 'December 8, 2019'               # CHANGEME
 
 rst_epilog = """
 .. |release_date| replace:: {release_date}
diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt
index 68a85ab1..d5d54b74 100644
--- a/howto.txt
+++ b/howto.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 - Update docs
     - Version, date and Python versions in doc/index.rst
     - Version of latest stable release in doc/index.rst
-    - Version and copyright date in doc/conf.py
+    - Version, release, release_date and copyright date in doc/conf.py
         - Look for CHANGEME comments
     - Don't forget the man page: doc/python-coverage.1.txt
     - Check that the docs build correctly:
         $ tox -e doc
+            there will be warnings about the readthedocs links being broken,
+            because this version's docs haven't been published yet.
     - Done with changes to source files, check them in.
         - git push
     - Generate new sample_html to get the latest, incl footer version number:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 21daa002..184e9365 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ commands =
     doc8 -q --ignore-path 'doc/_*' doc CHANGES.rst README.rst
     sphinx-build -b html -aqE doc doc/_build/html
     rst2html.py --strict README.rst doc/_build/trash
-    sphinx-build -b html -b linkcheck -aEnq doc doc/_build/html
-    sphinx-build -b html -b linkcheck -aEnQW doc doc/_build/html
+    - sphinx-build -b html -b linkcheck -aEnq doc doc/_build/html
+    - sphinx-build -b html -b linkcheck -aEnQW doc doc/_build/html
 
 [testenv:lint]
 deps =