docs: prep for 6.0b1

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_60b1:
+
+Version 6.0b1 --- 2021-07-18
+----------------------------
 
 - Dropped support for Python 2.7, PyPy 2, and Python 3.5.
 

coverage/version.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # This file is exec'ed in setup.py, don't import anything!
 
 # Same semantics as sys.version_info.
-version_info = (6, 0, 0, "alpha", 0)
+version_info = (6, 0, 0, "beta", 1)
 
 
 def _make_version(major, minor, micro, releaselevel, serial):

doc/conf.py

@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "5.6"                                 # CHANGEME
+version = "6.0"                                 # CHANGEME
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "5.6b1"                               # CHANGEME
+release = "6.0b1"                               # CHANGEME
 # The date of release, in "monthname day, year" format.
-release_date = "April 13, 2021"                 # CHANGEME
+release_date = "July 18, 2021"                  # CHANGEME
 
 rst_epilog = """
 .. |release_date| replace:: {release_date}