Bump development version to 2.4.0b1

README.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Cantera
 *******
 
-Version 2.4.0a2 (development)
+Version 2.4.0b1 (development)
 
 .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.170284.svg
    :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.170284

SConstruct

@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ config_options = [
     BoolVariable(
         'versioned_shared_library',
         """If enabled, create a versioned shared library, with symlinks to the
-           more generic library name, e.g. 'libcantera_shared.so.2.3.0' as the
+           more generic library name, e.g. 'libcantera_shared.so.2.4.0' as the
            actual library and 'libcantera_shared.so' and 'libcantera_shared.so.2'
            as symlinks.
            """,
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ for arg in ARGUMENTS:
         sys.exit(1)
 
 # Require a StrictVersion-compatible version
-env['cantera_version'] = "2.4.0a2"
+env['cantera_version'] = "2.4.0b1"
 ctversion = StrictVersion(env['cantera_version'])
 # For use where pre-release tags are not permitted (MSI, sonames)
 env['cantera_pure_version'] = '.'.join(str(x) for x in ctversion.version)

doc/doxygen/Doxyfile

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = Cantera
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.4.0a1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.4.0b1
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.