dnl| the standard version of xboard.\r
\r
dnl| define second argument as VERSION.PATCHLEVEL. e.g. 4.4.0j\r
-AC_INIT([xboard],[4.4.0k],[bug-xboard@gnu.org])\r
+AC_INIT([xboard],[4.4.0.beta1],[bug-xboard@gnu.org])\r
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE\r
\r
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])\r