Use the \setshortversion macro to specify the abbreviated version number.

freddrake · freddrake · commit bd2d4f1252f4 · 2000-09-14T20:28:26.000Z
This partially addresses SourceForge bug #114318. Fix the release number -- this is supposed to be the *Python* release, not the documentation release! The later is given by the combination of the Python release number and the date. Add a comment so I can keep it straight.
diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 	E-mail: \email{python-docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{September 12, 2000}			% XXX update before release!
-\release{2.0b1.1}
+\date{\today}				% XXX update before release!
+\release{2.0b1}				% software release, not documentation
+\setshortversion{2.0}			% major.minor only for Python

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@`
`5`	`5`	`E-mail: \email{[email protected]}`
`6`	`6`	`}`
`7`	`7`
`8`		`-\date{September 12, 2000} % XXX update before release!`
`9`		`-\release{2.0b1.1}`
	`8`	`+\date{\today} % XXX update before release!`
	`9`	`+\release{2.0b1} % software release, not documentation`
	`10`	`+\setshortversion{2.0} % major.minor only for Python`