DOC: versioning and release/readme notes

ChangeLog

@@ -4,22 +4,26 @@
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-Fail2Ban (version 0.9.0a2)                                            2014/??/??
+Fail2Ban (version 0.9.0)                                              2014/03/14
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-ver. 0.9.0 (2014/??/??) - alpha
+ver. 0.9.0 (2014/03/14 - beta
 ----------
 
-Carries all fixes, features and enhancements from 0.8.12 with major changes.
-Nearly all development is thanks to Steven Hiscocks (THANKS!), merging,
-testcases and timezone support from Daniel Black, and code-review and minor
-additions from Yaroslav Halchenko.
+Carries all fixes, features and enhancements from 0.8.13 (unreleased) with
+major changes.
 
 The minimum supported python version is now 2.6. If you have python-2.4 or 2.5
 you can use the 0.8.12 version of fail2ban.
 
-Major changes have occured since version 0.8.12. Please test your
-configuration before relying on it.
+Please take note of release notes:
+https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/releases/tag/0.9.0
+
+Please test your configuration before relying on it.
+
+Nearly all development is thanks to Steven Hiscocks (THANKS!), merging,
+testcases and timezone support from Daniel Black, and code-review and minor
+additions from Yaroslav Halchenko.
 
 - Refactoring (IMPORTANT -- Please review your setup and configuration):
    * [..bddbf1e] jail.conf was heavily refactored and now is similar

DEVELOP

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ Releasing
 # Ensure the version is correct
 
   in:
-  * ./common/version.py
+  * ./fail2ban/version.py
   * top of ChangeLog
   * README.md
 

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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-                       v0.9.0a2                2014/??/??
+                       v0.9.0                  2014/03/14
 
 ## Fail2Ban: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Installation:
 this case, you should use it instead.**
 
 Required:
-- [Python2 >= 2.6 or Python3 >= 3.2](http://www.python.org) or [PyPy](http://pypy.org)
+- [Python2 >= 2.6 or Python >= 3.2](http://www.python.org) or [PyPy](http://pypy.org)
 
 Optional:
 - [pyinotify >= 0.8.3](https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify)
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ To install, just do:
     cd fail2ban-0.9.0
     python setup.py install
 
-This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/share/fail2ban. The executable scripts are
-placed into /usr/bin, and configuration under /etc/fail2ban.
+This will install Fail2Ban into the python library directory. The executable
+scripts are placed into /usr/bin, and configuration under /etc/fail2ban.
 
 Fail2Ban should be correctly installed now. Just type:
 
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ Configuration:
 You can configure Fail2Ban using the files in /etc/fail2ban. It is possible to
 configure the server using commands sent to it by fail2ban-client. The
 available commands are described in the fail2ban-client(1) manpage.  Also see
-fail2ban(1) manpage for further references and find even more documentation on
-the website: http://www.fail2ban.org
+fail2ban(1) and jail.conf(5)  manpages for further references.
 
 Code status:
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fail2ban/version.py

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 #
 
-__author__ = "Cyril Jaquier, Yaroslav Halchenko"
-__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier, 2011-2013 Yaroslav Halchenko"
-__license__ = "GPL"
+__author__ = "Cyril Jaquier, Yaroslav Halchenko, Steven Hiscocks, Daniel Black"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier, 2011-2014 Yaroslav Halchenko, 2013-2013 Steven Hiscocks, Daniel Black"
+__license__ = "GPL-v2+"
 
-version = "0.9.0a2"
+version = "0.9.0"