old_contents: __description__ = "VOEvent Broker"
  __url__ = "http://comet.transientskp.org/"
  __author__ = "John Swinbank"
  __contact__ = "john@swinbank.org"
  __version__ = "3.0.0a0"
  
  import sys
  
  if sys.version_info.major <= 2:
      BINARY_TYPE = str
  else:
      BINARY_TYPE = bytes
  
new_contents: __description__ = "VOEvent Broker"
  __url__ = "http://comet.transientskp.org/"
  __author__ = "John Swinbank"
  __contact__ = "john@swinbank.org"
  __version__ = "3.1.0-pre"
  
  import sys
  
  if sys.version_info.major <= 2:
      BINARY_TYPE = str
  else:
      BINARY_TYPE = bytes
  
subject: Increment version number.