from collections import namedtuple

version = '2.0.0-alpha-x'

version_info = namedtuple('version_info', ['major', 'minor', 'micro', 'releaselevel'])

major_minor_micro = version.split('-')[0]

s = major_minor_micro.split('.')

version_info.major = int(s[0])
version_info.minor = int(s[1])
version_info.micro = int(s[2])

version_info.releaselevel = version[len(major_minor_micro) + 1:]

@@ -50,15 +50,12 @@
 0.0-
-alpha-x
+rc-1
 '%0A%0Av

bump to 2.0.0-rc-1