updated versioning for 2.0.0 rc1 release
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index d3ef50c..a40405e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="2.0.0-beta2"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="2.0.0-rc1"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fc418c7..236f5c2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (2.0.0~rc1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New release candidate
+
+ -- Eric Evans <eevans@apache.org>, 05 Aug 2013 10:11:43 -0500
+
 cassandra (2.0.0~beta2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New beta release