--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class install_package_data(install_data)
install_data.finalize_options(self)
setup(name='mercurial',
- version='0.5',
+ version='0.5b',
author='Matt Mackall',
author_email='mpm@selenic.com',
url='http://selenic.com/mercurial',