Blocked revisions 78020,78022 via svnmerge

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  r78020 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-02-06 10:37:32 -0600 (Sat, 06 Feb 2010) | 1 line

  bump version to 2.7a3
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  r78022 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-02-06 12:26:27 -0600 (Sat, 06 Feb 2010) | 1 line

  post release updates
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