build: version 5.6b1
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 63b0125..900da73 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
.. Version 9.8.1 --- 2027-07-27
.. ----------------------------
-Unreleased
-----------
+.. _changes_56b1:
+
+Version 5.6b1 --- 2021-04-13
+----------------------------
- Third-party packages are now ignored in coverage reporting. This solves a
few problems:
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index bb20561..249e123 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@
# built documents.
#
# The short X.Y version.
-version = "5.5" # CHANGEME
+version = "5.6" # CHANGEME
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "5.5" # CHANGEME
+release = "5.6b1" # CHANGEME
# The date of release, in "monthname day, year" format.
-release_date = "February 28, 2021" # CHANGEME
+release_date = "April 13, 2021" # CHANGEME
rst_epilog = """
.. |release_date| replace:: {release_date}
diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt
index 318b8bc..5568a70 100644
--- a/howto.txt
+++ b/howto.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
- IF NOT PRE-RELEASE:
$ rm -f ~/coverage/trunk/doc/sample_html/*.*
$ cp -r htmlcov/ ~/coverage/trunk/doc/sample_html/
- cd ~/coverage/trunk
+ $ cd ~/coverage/trunk
- IF NOT PRE-RELEASE:
check in the new sample html
- Done with changes to source files, check them in.
