Take a stab at 3.4b1.

NEWS.txt

 What's new in ZODB3 3.4b1?
 ==========================
-Release date: DD-May-2005
+Release date: 19-May-2005
 
 What follows is combined news from the "internal releases" (to support
 ongoing Zope 2.8 and Zope3 development) since the last public ZODB 3.4
 release.  These are the dates of the internal releases:
 
-- 3.4b1 NN-May-2005
+- 3.4b1 19-May-2005
 - 3.4a9 12-May-2005
 - 3.4a8 09-May-2005
 - 3.4a7 06-May-2005

doc/guide/zodb.tex

 \documentclass{howto}
 
 \title{ZODB/ZEO Programming Guide}
-\release{3.4a9}
+\release{3.4.0b1}
 \date{\today}
 
 \author{A.M.\ Kuchling}

setup.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interface, rich transaction support, and undo.
 # Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
 
 classifiers = """\
-Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+Development Status :: 4 - Beta
 Intended Audience :: Developers
 License :: OSI Approved :: Zope Public License
 Programming Language :: Python
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class MyDistribution(Distribution):
 doclines = __doc__.split("\n")
 
 setup(name="ZODB3",
-      version="3.4a9",
+      version="3.4.0b1",
       maintainer="Zope Corporation",
       maintainer_email="zodb-dev@zope.org",
       url = "http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB",

src/ZEO/__init__.py

@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ ZEO is now part of ZODB; ZODB's home on the web is
 """
 
 # The next line must use double quotes, so release.py recognizes it.
-version = "3.4a9"
+version = "3.4.0b1"

src/ZEO/version.txt

-3.4a9
+3.4.0b1

src/ZODB/__init__.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 # The next line must use double quotes, so release.py recognizes it.
-__version__ = "3.4a9"
+__version__ = "3.4.0b1"
 
 import sys
 import __builtin__