diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c920547962b..483eb2f22e1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[general]
+
 [sdist]
 formats=gztar
 
@@ -6,9 +8,9 @@ formats=rpm
 
 [bdist_rpm]
 # release must exactly match 'release' as set in bin/release.py
-release=10
+release=6.0.0-rc1
 
-requires=python >= 2.4
+requires=python >= 2.5
 #build-requires=python-devel >= 2.3
 
 #doc_files = doc/*