REL: Release 1.9.0b1v1.9.0b1

Point release notes to doc/release/1.9.0-notes.rst
Set LOG_START to 'v1.8.1'
Set LOG_END to 'maintenance/1.9.x'
Set raise_warnings to "release" in NoseTester constructor.

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/testing/nosetester.py b/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
index a06d559e7..8183444eb 100644
--- a/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
+++ b/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class NoseTester(object):
                 'pyrex_ext',
                 'swig_ext']
 
-    def __init__(self, package=None, raise_warnings="develop"):
+    def __init__(self, package=None, raise_warnings="release"):
         package_name = None
         if package is None:
             f = sys._getframe(1)
diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index c0b5cb2d4..f969c0e91 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ finally:
 RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/release/1.9.0-notes.rst'
 
 # Start/end of the log (from git)
-LOG_START = 'v1.8.0b1'
-LOG_END = 'master'
+LOG_START = 'v1.8.1'
+LOG_END = 'maintenance/1.9.x'
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 12eb29093..2466a49d5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ Operating System :: MacOS
 MAJOR               = 1
 MINOR               = 9
 MICRO               = 0
-ISRELEASED          = False
-VERSION             = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
+ISRELEASED          = True
+VERSION             = '%d.%d.%db1' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
 
 
 # Return the git revision as a string