build: version 5.6b1

Author: nedbat

CHANGES.rst

@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ want to know what's different in 5.0 since 4.5.x, see :ref:`whatsnew5x`.
     ..  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:

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}

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.