--- a/cubicweb/__pkginfo__.py	Wed Jul 24 15:14:56 2019 +0200
+++ b/cubicweb/__pkginfo__.py	Wed Jul 24 16:03:01 2019 +0200
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 modname = distname = "cubicweb"
 
 numversion = (3, 27, 0)
-version = '.'.join(str(num) for num in numversion) + '.dev0'
+version = '.'.join(str(num) for num in numversion) + 'a0'
 
 description = "a repository of entities / relations for knowledge management"
 author = "Logilab"

--- a/debian/changelog	Wed Jul 24 15:14:56 2019 +0200
+++ b/debian/changelog	Wed Jul 24 16:03:01 2019 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cubicweb (3.27.0~dev0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+cubicweb (3.27.0~a0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Jérémy Bobbio ]
   * Switch all Debian packages to Python 3.
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 
   [ Denis Laxalde ]
   * Let cubicweb-ctl replace cubicweb-ctl3
-
- -- Jérémy Bobbio <jeremy.bobbio@irq7.fr>  Wed, 29 May 2019 16:06:20 +0200
+  * New upstream pre-release.
+
+ -- Denis Laxalde <denis.laxalde@logilab.fr>  Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:08:43 +0200
 
 cubicweb (3.26.13-1) unstable; urgency=medium