diff --git a/MySQLdb/_mysql.c b/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
index baf55b4..9d7eef9 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
+++ b/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 # define MyFree(ob) ob->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject *)ob) 
 #endif
 
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02050000 && !defined(PY_SSIZE_T_MIN)
+typedef int Py_ssize_t;
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_MAX INT_MAX
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_MIN INT_MIN
+#endif
+
 static PyObject *_mysql_MySQLError;
 static PyObject *_mysql_Warning;
 static PyObject *_mysql_Error;
diff --git a/MySQLdb/metadata.cfg b/MySQLdb/metadata.cfg
index a7553fd..210456c 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/metadata.cfg
+++ b/MySQLdb/metadata.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
-version: 1.2.2b1
-version_info: (1,2,2,'beta',1)
+version: 1.2.2b2
+version_info: (1,2,2,'beta',2)
 description: Python interface to MySQL
 long_description: 
         =========================
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ author_email: andy@dustman.net
 license: GPL
 platforms: ALL
 url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
-download_url: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mysql-python/MySQL-python-%(version)s.tar.gz
+download_url: http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mysql-python/MySQL-python-%(version)s.tar.gz
 classifiers:
         Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
         Environment :: Other Environment
diff --git a/MySQLdb/setup.cfg b/MySQLdb/setup.cfg
index 9656fc0..25bb9bc 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/setup.cfg
+++ b/MySQLdb/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
-doc_files = README doc/*.txt ChangeLog CHANGES-1.2.1
+doc_files = README doc/*.txt
 vendor = MySQL-python SourceForge Project
-packager = Andy Dustman <andy@dustman.net>
-distribution-name = Red Hat Linux
+packager = Andy Dustman <adustman@users.sourceforge.net>
+distribution-name = Red Stains Linux
 requires = python
 build-requires = python-devel mysql-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel