18.5b0

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c56f454baad3b098bfd995310a49abcdf317b5f4..57f3ac2e8669dfae035ba21cb36968ae6152ea11 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,14 +78,16 @@ Options:
   used).
 
 
-### NOTE: This is an early pre-release
+### NOTE: This is a beta product
 
-*Black* can already successfully format itself and the standard library.
+*Black* is already successfully used by several projects, small and big.
 It also sports a decent test suite.  However, it is still very new.
 Things will probably be wonky for a while. This is made explicit by the
-"Alpha" trove classifier, as well as by the "a" in the version number.
+"Beta" trove classifier, as well as by the "b" in the version number.
 What this means for you is that **until the formatter becomes stable,
-you should expect some formatting to change in the future**.
+you should expect some formatting to change in the future**.  That being
+said, no drastic stylistic changes are planned, mostly responses to bug
+reports.
 
 Also, as a temporary safety measure, *Black* will check that the
 reformatted code still produces a valid AST that is equivalent to the
@@ -628,7 +630,7 @@ More details can be found in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Change Log
 
-### 18.5a0 (unreleased)
+### 18.5b0
 
 * call chains are now formatted according to the
   [fluent interfaces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface)

diff --git a/black.py b/black.py
index 6dda93b45c38f24024afad1d6a5b3251e559a677..57cd9a6b9da63eedabccd18d9f624108b2b3e3ee 100644 (file)
--- a/black.py
+++ b/black.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from blib2to3.pgen2 import driver, token
 from blib2to3.pgen2.parse import ParseError
 
 
-__version__ = "18.4a6"
+__version__ = "18.5b0"
 DEFAULT_LINE_LENGTH = 88
 
 # types

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 67a1e7657918f74adc3414f189d08e6347a4b073..d3edf7249e7ecca1a9e29a39dadc18e30ecfb8ea 100644 (file)
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=["click", "attrs>=17.4.0", "appdirs"],
     test_suite="tests.test_black",
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Environment :: Console",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",