2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index e8b6e18f..1c450d8a 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Release 3.0, 2017-02-xx
+Release 3.0, 2017-02-10
 =======================
 
 Major improvements:
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Major improvements:
   instantiation of the new support for 64-bit targets described
   above.) Support for x86-64 is currently available for Linux and MacOS X.
   (Run the configure script with 'x86_64-linux' or 'x86_64-macosx'.)
+  This is an early port: several ABI incompatibilities remain.
 
 Language features:
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0384983c..368d0007 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version=2.7.1
+version=3.0
 buildnr=
 tag=