diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 824079115..111133b43 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-Changes from current Ant 1.7.0Beta1 version to current SVN version
-=============================================================
+Changes from Ant 1.7.0Beta2 to current SVN version
+==================================================
+
+Changes that could break older environments:
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Fixed bugs:
+-----------
+
+Other changes:
+--------------
+
+Changes from Ant 1.7.0Beta1 to Ant 1.7.0Beta2
+=============================================
 
 Changes that could break older environments:
 -------------------------------------------
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 7101c5151..1643c65d2 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   -->
   <property name="Name" value="Apache Ant"/>
   <property name="name" value="ant"/>
-  <property name="version" value="1.7.0Beta1"/>
+  <property name="version" value="1.7.0Beta2"/>
   <property name="manifest-version" value="1.7.0"/>
   <property name="bootstrap.jar" value="ant-bootstrap.jar"/>
 
diff --git a/docs/antnews.html b/docs/antnews.html
index 70b809c7f..e6b23971c 100644
--- a/docs/antnews.html
+++ b/docs/antnews.html
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@
   <div class="content">
     <h1 class="title">News</h1>
             <h3 class="section">
-      <a name="Ant 1.7.0Beta1"></a>
-      Ant 1.7.0Beta1
+      <a name="Ant 1.7.0Beta2"></a>
+      Ant 1.7.0Beta2
     </h3>
-                        <h3>August 27, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0Beta1 Available</h3>
-                                <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta1 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
-                                <p>This the first beta of the new major release 1.7 .</p>
+                        <h3>September 17, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0Beta2 Available</h3>
+                                <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta2 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
+                                <p>This the second beta of the new major release 1.7 .</p>
                                 <p> Ant 1.7 introduces a resource framework. Some of the core ant 
     tasks such as &lt;copy/&gt; are now able to process not only file 
     system resources but also zip entries, tar entries, paths, ... 
diff --git a/docs/bindownload.html b/docs/bindownload.html
index cb2515850..bf69e6a30 100644
--- a/docs/bindownload.html
+++ b/docs/bindownload.html
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ project</a> provides RPMs at their own distribution site.</p>
 the <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">master distribution
 directory</a> or, preferably, its <a href="[preferred]/ant/">mirror</a>.</p>
                         <h3 class="section">
-      <a name="Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta1"></a>
-      Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta1
+      <a name="Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta2"></a>
+      Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta2
     </h3>
                         <p>Beta releases are not mirrored, you can find our latest beta
 release at <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/">http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/</a>.</p>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index a8057c9e7..c875f7eb5 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@
   <div class="content">
     <h1 class="title">Welcome</h1>
             <h3 class="section">
-      <a name="Ant 1.7.0Beta1"></a>
-      Ant 1.7.0Beta1
+      <a name="Ant 1.7.0Beta2"></a>
+      Ant 1.7.0Beta2
     </h3>
-                        <h3>August 27, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0Beta1 Available</h3>
-                                <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta1 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
+                        <h3>September 17, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0Beta2 Available</h3>
+                                <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta2 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
                                 <p>The manual of the beta version is available <a href="manual-beta">here</a>. </p>
                                 <p>Ant 1.7 introduces a resource framework. Some of the core ant 
     tasks such as &lt;copy/&gt; are now able to process not only file 
diff --git a/docs/manual/cover.html b/docs/manual/cover.html
index e8ae30d8c..da6f8f4af 100644
--- a/docs/manual/cover.html
+++ b/docs/manual/cover.html
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheets/style.css">
-<title>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta1 User Manual</title>
+<title>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta2 User Manual</title>
 </head>
 
 <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
 <div align="center"> 
   <h1><img src="../images/ant_logo_large.gif" width="190" height="120"></h1>
-  <h1>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta1 Manual</h1>
-  <p align="left">This is the manual for version 1.7.0Beta1 of 
+  <h1>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta2 Manual</h1>
+  <p align="left">This is the manual for version 1.7.0Beta2 of 
   <a target="_top" href="http://ant.apache.org/index.html">Apache Ant</a>. 
     If your version 
     of Ant (as verified with <tt>ant -version</tt>) is older or newer than this 
diff --git a/docs/manual/credits.html b/docs/manual/credits.html
index baa0a6e51..101926d72 100644
--- a/docs/manual/credits.html
+++ b/docs/manual/credits.html
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 </ul>
 
 <center>
-<p>Version: 1.7.0Beta1</p>
+<p>Version: 1.7.0Beta2</p>
 </center>
 
 
diff --git a/docs/srcdownload.html b/docs/srcdownload.html
index ec9e604ab..ad63d3a3b 100644
--- a/docs/srcdownload.html
+++ b/docs/srcdownload.html
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ Thus they must be untarred with a GNU compatible version of
 the <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">master distribution
 directory</a> or, preferably, its <a href="[preferred]/ant/">mirror</a>.</p>
                         <h3 class="section">
-      <a name="Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta1"></a>
-      Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta1
+      <a name="Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta2"></a>
+      Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta2
     </h3>
                         <p>Beta releases are not mirrored, you can find our latest beta
 release at <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/">http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/</a>.</p>
diff --git a/xdocs/antnews.xml b/xdocs/antnews.xml
index 566007a02..3b90a368f 100644
--- a/xdocs/antnews.xml
+++ b/xdocs/antnews.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
   </properties>
 
 <body>
-  <section name="Ant 1.7.0Beta1">
-    <h3>August 27, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0Beta1 Available</h3>
-    <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta1 is now available for <a
+  <section name="Ant 1.7.0Beta2">
+    <h3>September 17, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0Beta2 Available</h3>
+    <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta2 is now available for <a
     href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
-    <p>This the first beta of the new major release 1.7 .</p>
+    <p>This the second beta of the new major release 1.7 .</p>
 
     <p> Ant 1.7 introduces a resource framework. Some of the core ant 
     tasks such as &lt;copy/&gt; are now able to process not only file 
diff --git a/xdocs/bindownload.xml b/xdocs/bindownload.xml
index 4e3e36046..af68b6c26 100644
--- a/xdocs/bindownload.xml
+++ b/xdocs/bindownload.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ directory</a> or, preferably, its <a href="[preferred]/ant/">mirror</a>.</p>
 
 </section>
 
-<section name="Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta1">
+<section name="Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta2">
 
 <p>Beta releases are not mirrored, you can find our latest beta
 release at <a
diff --git a/xdocs/index.xml b/xdocs/index.xml
index d8ee227e6..bddefa153 100644
--- a/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
   </properties>
 
 <body>
-   <section name="Ant 1.7.0Beta1">
-    <h3>August 27, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0Beta1 Available</h3>
-    <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta1 is now available for <a
+   <section name="Ant 1.7.0Beta2">
+    <h3>September 17, 2006 - Ant 1.7.0Beta2 Available</h3>
+    <p>Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta2 is now available for <a
     href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
 
     <p>The manual of the beta version is available <a href="manual-beta">here</a>. </p>
diff --git a/xdocs/srcdownload.xml b/xdocs/srcdownload.xml
index 618e3148c..1affbb1e3 100644
--- a/xdocs/srcdownload.xml
+++ b/xdocs/srcdownload.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ directory</a> or, preferably, its <a href="[preferred]/ant/">mirror</a>.</p>
 
 </section>
 
-<section name="Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta1">
+<section name="Downloading Ant 1.7.0Beta2">
 
 <p>Beta releases are not mirrored, you can find our latest beta
 release at <a