diff --git a/packages/accounts-base/package.js b/packages/accounts-base/package.js
index 1633fe929e..3b9a8ce7b7 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-base/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-base/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "A user account system",
-  version: "1.2.1-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.2.1-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-facebook/package.js b/packages/accounts-facebook/package.js
index 96cac242a2..caccbed376 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-facebook/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-facebook/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Login service for Facebook accounts",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-github/package.js b/packages/accounts-github/package.js
index 581b0a7657..d18ee6b02c 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-github/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-github/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Login service for Github accounts",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-google/package.js b/packages/accounts-google/package.js
index 74834708da..73733d6077 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-google/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-google/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Login service for Google accounts",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-meetup/package.js b/packages/accounts-meetup/package.js
index 588c7c9c57..836837bb50 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-meetup/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-meetup/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Login service for Meetup accounts",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-meteor-developer/package.js b/packages/accounts-meteor-developer/package.js
index b8764c994d..7de54607f9 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-meteor-developer/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-meteor-developer/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Login service for Meteor developer accounts",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-oauth/package.js b/packages/accounts-oauth/package.js
index 4f39fa35f3..78b9195a00 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-oauth/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-oauth/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Common code for OAuth-based login services",
-  version: "1.1.6-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.6-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-password/package.js b/packages/accounts-password/package.js
index b45b16f325..0ab591cf72 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-password/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-password/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Password support for accounts",
-  version: "1.1.2-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.2-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-twitter/package.js b/packages/accounts-twitter/package.js
index c7bcab74f5..ddc1d30a35 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-twitter/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-twitter/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Login service for Twitter accounts",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-ui-unstyled/package.js b/packages/accounts-ui-unstyled/package.js
index 102eda9637..9ef02bb060 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-ui-unstyled/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-ui-unstyled/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Unstyled version of login widgets",
-  version: "1.1.8-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.8-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-ui/package.js b/packages/accounts-ui/package.js
index cfd5c10ae3..0ca0565059 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-ui/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-ui/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Simple templates to add login widgets to an app",
-  version: "1.1.6-plugins.1"
+  version: "1.1.6-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-weibo/package.js b/packages/accounts-weibo/package.js
index a6a68110cd..1cdfa3dc3e 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-weibo/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-weibo/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Login service for Sina Weibo accounts",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/appcache/package.js b/packages/appcache/package.js
index 327a7b89f0..3dad0d9d70 100644
--- a/packages/appcache/package.js
+++ b/packages/appcache/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Enable the application cache in the browser",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/audit-argument-checks/package.js b/packages/audit-argument-checks/package.js
index 33987cde86..a24cf0564e 100644
--- a/packages/audit-argument-checks/package.js
+++ b/packages/audit-argument-checks/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Try to detect inadequate input sanitization",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 // This package is empty; its presence is detected by livedata.
diff --git a/packages/autopublish/package.js b/packages/autopublish/package.js
index 483e6a4473..5b8f24f419 100644
--- a/packages/autopublish/package.js
+++ b/packages/autopublish/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "(For prototyping only) Publish the entire database to all clients",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 // This package is empty; its presence is detected by several other packages
diff --git a/packages/autoupdate/package.js b/packages/autoupdate/package.js
index 26e3a8f3fc..9e99b10706 100644
--- a/packages/autoupdate/package.js
+++ b/packages/autoupdate/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Update the client when new client code is available",
-  version: '1.2.2-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.2.3-rc.0'
 });
 
 Cordova.depends({
diff --git a/packages/babel-compiler/package.js b/packages/babel-compiler/package.js
index ddddbdc6f1..ee65987adb 100644
--- a/packages/babel-compiler/package.js
+++ b/packages/babel-compiler/package.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Package.describe({
   summary: "Parser/transpiler for ECMAScript 2015+ syntax",
   // Tracks the npm version below.  Use wrap numbers to increment
   // without incrementing the npm version.
-  version: '5.8.20-plugins.0'
+  version: '5.8.20-rc.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/babel-runtime/package.js b/packages/babel-runtime/package.js
index 0ddbf558bd..86a68b9cf0 100644
--- a/packages/babel-runtime/package.js
+++ b/packages/babel-runtime/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: "babel-runtime",
   summary: "Runtime support for output of Babel transpiler",
-  version: '0.1.3',
+  version: '0.1.4-rc.0',
   documentation: 'README.md'
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/base64/package.js b/packages/base64/package.js
index 0f1f39ed42..d70bf66019 100644
--- a/packages/base64/package.js
+++ b/packages/base64/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Base64 encoding and decoding",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/binary-heap/package.js b/packages/binary-heap/package.js
index 03534af583..981b853ecb 100644
--- a/packages/binary-heap/package.js
+++ b/packages/binary-heap/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Binary Heap datastructure implementation",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/blaze-html-templates/package.js b/packages/blaze-html-templates/package.js
index 12f570a747..412321d4fc 100644
--- a/packages/blaze-html-templates/package.js
+++ b/packages/blaze-html-templates/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'blaze-html-templates',
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.1-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'Compile HTML templates into reactive UI with Meteor Blaze',
   // By default, Meteor will default to using README.md for documentation.
diff --git a/packages/blaze-tools/package.js b/packages/blaze-tools/package.js
index c72e2061a1..2de0de6b69 100644
--- a/packages/blaze-tools/package.js
+++ b/packages/blaze-tools/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Compile-time tools for Blaze",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/blaze/package.js b/packages/blaze/package.js
index f4e05e0471..3a1e75db2c 100644
--- a/packages/blaze/package.js
+++ b/packages/blaze/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meteor Reactive Templating library",
-  version: '2.1.3-plugins.0'
+  version: '2.1.3-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/boilerplate-generator/package.js b/packages/boilerplate-generator/package.js
index a0ae8f1044..551c9005ec 100644
--- a/packages/boilerplate-generator/package.js
+++ b/packages/boilerplate-generator/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Generates the boilerplate html from program's manifest",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/browser-policy-common/package.js b/packages/browser-policy-common/package.js
index e31410f64d..0c38f53605 100644
--- a/packages/browser-policy-common/package.js
+++ b/packages/browser-policy-common/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Common code for browser-policy packages",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/browser-policy-content/package.js b/packages/browser-policy-content/package.js
index 3d90517bef..5796abb400 100644
--- a/packages/browser-policy-content/package.js
+++ b/packages/browser-policy-content/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Configure content security policies",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/browser-policy-framing/package.js b/packages/browser-policy-framing/package.js
index c5df10ed15..c6ee30e2da 100644
--- a/packages/browser-policy-framing/package.js
+++ b/packages/browser-policy-framing/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Restrict which websites can frame your app",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/browser-policy/package.js b/packages/browser-policy/package.js
index 71102f0aca..7f7ab0224b 100644
--- a/packages/browser-policy/package.js
+++ b/packages/browser-policy/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Configure security policies enforced by the browser",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/caching-compiler/package.js b/packages/caching-compiler/package.js
index 9f73c897d3..0b776ab0fd 100644
--- a/packages/caching-compiler/package.js
+++ b/packages/caching-compiler/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'caching-compiler',
-  version: '1.0.0-plugins.1',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   summary: 'An easy way to make compiler plugins cache',
   documentation: 'README.md'
 });
diff --git a/packages/caching-html-compiler/package.js b/packages/caching-html-compiler/package.js
index b601d98e61..635f31c5ae 100644
--- a/packages/caching-html-compiler/package.js
+++ b/packages/caching-html-compiler/package.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package.describe({
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.1-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'Pluggable class for compiling HTML into templates',
   // By default, Meteor will default to using README.md for documentation.
diff --git a/packages/callback-hook/package.js b/packages/callback-hook/package.js
index d83e31b4be..ee1967cb5a 100644
--- a/packages/callback-hook/package.js
+++ b/packages/callback-hook/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Register callbacks on a hook",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/check/package.js b/packages/check/package.js
index cf9b2d1c2e..ae37abbf55 100644
--- a/packages/check/package.js
+++ b/packages/check/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Check whether a value matches a pattern",
-  version: '1.0.6-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.6-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/code-prettify/package.js b/packages/code-prettify/package.js
index 20c0777966..c52a3d8bcb 100644
--- a/packages/code-prettify/package.js
+++ b/packages/code-prettify/package.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var path = Npm.require('path');
 
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Syntax highlighting of code, from Google",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 // XXX this code dumps symbols into the global namespace (directly
diff --git a/packages/coffeescript-test-helper/package.js b/packages/coffeescript-test-helper/package.js
index d17a25a067..f2369ae1c2 100644
--- a/packages/coffeescript-test-helper/package.js
+++ b/packages/coffeescript-test-helper/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Used by the coffeescript package's tests",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/coffeescript/package.js b/packages/coffeescript/package.js
index 44790fc8b7..13e922e178 100644
--- a/packages/coffeescript/package.js
+++ b/packages/coffeescript/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Javascript dialect with fewer braces and semicolons",
-  version: "1.0.7-plugins.1"
+  version: "1.0.8-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.registerBuildPlugin({
diff --git a/packages/constraint-solver/package.js b/packages/constraint-solver/package.js
index 8c6c7edd5e..ba03dfa031 100644
--- a/packages/constraint-solver/package.js
+++ b/packages/constraint-solver/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Given the set of the constraints, picks a satisfying configuration",
-  version: "1.0.20-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.20-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/ddp-client/package.js b/packages/ddp-client/package.js
index 2e30e78f3c..4e173e471c 100644
--- a/packages/ddp-client/package.js
+++ b/packages/ddp-client/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meteor's latency-compensated distributed data client",
-  version: '1.2.0-plugins.0',
+  version: '1.2.1-rc.0',
   documentation: null
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/ddp-common/package.js b/packages/ddp-common/package.js
index 78d37d9cf2..8ae7454f04 100644
--- a/packages/ddp-common/package.js
+++ b/packages/ddp-common/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Code shared beween ddp-client and ddp-server",
-  version: '1.2.0-plugins.0',
+  version: '1.2.1-rc.0',
   documentation: null
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/ddp-rate-limiter/package.js b/packages/ddp-rate-limiter/package.js
index c732d904ba..ee94fcaa58 100644
--- a/packages/ddp-rate-limiter/package.js
+++ b/packages/ddp-rate-limiter/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'ddp-rate-limiter',
-  version: '0.0.1-plugins.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'The DDPRateLimiter allows users to add rate limits to DDP' +
   ' methods and subscriptions.',
diff --git a/packages/ddp-server/package.js b/packages/ddp-server/package.js
index c8b3dc5257..1e00d476ae 100644
--- a/packages/ddp-server/package.js
+++ b/packages/ddp-server/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meteor's latency-compensated distributed data server",
-  version: '1.2.0-plugins.1',
+  version: '1.2.1-rc.0',
   documentation: null
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/ddp/package.js b/packages/ddp/package.js
index c32ff70dc5..d35e0fc1f9 100644
--- a/packages/ddp/package.js
+++ b/packages/ddp/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meteor's latency-compensated distributed data framework",
-  version: '1.2.0-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.2.1-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/deps/package.js b/packages/deps/package.js
index 0437f00ce8..d33c0afc64 100644
--- a/packages/deps/package.js
+++ b/packages/deps/package.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Deprecated: Use the 'tracker' package instead.",
-  version: '1.0.8-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.8-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/diff-sequence/package.js b/packages/diff-sequence/package.js
index 8b45e84c3c..770c692066 100644
--- a/packages/diff-sequence/package.js
+++ b/packages/diff-sequence/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "An implementation of a diff algorithm on arrays and objects.",
-  version: '1.0.0-plugins.0',
+  version: '1.0.1-rc.0',
   documentation: null
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/disable-oplog/package.js b/packages/disable-oplog/package.js
index f84d0d988d..59a7a17492 100644
--- a/packages/disable-oplog/package.js
+++ b/packages/disable-oplog/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Disables oplog tailing",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 // This package is empty; its presence is detected by mongo-livedata.
diff --git a/packages/ecmascript-collections/package.js b/packages/ecmascript-collections/package.js
index 5d224e681c..a8a333f586 100644
--- a/packages/ecmascript-collections/package.js
+++ b/packages/ecmascript-collections/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: "ecmascript-collections",
-  version: "0.1.4",
+  version: "0.1.5-rc.0",
   summary: "Polyfills for ECMAScript 2015 Map and Set",
   git: "https://github.com/meteor/ecmascript-collections",
   documentation: "README.md"
diff --git a/packages/ecmascript/package.js b/packages/ecmascript/package.js
index c425f81c51..d9fe3c0898 100644
--- a/packages/ecmascript/package.js
+++ b/packages/ecmascript/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'ecmascript',
-  version: '0.1.3-plugins.5',
+  version: '0.1.3-rc.0',
   summary: 'Compiler plugin that supports ES2015+ in all .js files',
   documentation: 'README.md'
 });
diff --git a/packages/ejson/package.js b/packages/ejson/package.js
index 6c33a62c59..1db8c1d8fc 100644
--- a/packages/ejson/package.js
+++ b/packages/ejson/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Extended and Extensible JSON library",
-  version: '1.0.7-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.7-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/email/package.js b/packages/email/package.js
index 8ec7e02a33..54236b4d96 100644
--- a/packages/email/package.js
+++ b/packages/email/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Send email messages",
-  version: "1.0.7-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.7-rc.0"
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/es5-shim/package.js b/packages/es5-shim/package.js
index d59fcc58c0..5bf6452951 100644
--- a/packages/es5-shim/package.js
+++ b/packages/es5-shim/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: "es5-shim",
-  version: "0.1.0-plugins.2",
+  version: "0.1.0-rc.0",
   summary: "Shims and polyfills to improve ECMAScript 5 support",
   documentation: "README.md"
 });
diff --git a/packages/facebook/package.js b/packages/facebook/package.js
index f91dd03d50..ed658ca370 100644
--- a/packages/facebook/package.js
+++ b/packages/facebook/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Facebook OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.2.2-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.2.2-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/facts/package.js b/packages/facts/package.js
index 71efc6fb5d..c047f5960e 100644
--- a/packages/facts/package.js
+++ b/packages/facts/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Publish internal app statistics",
-  version: '1.0.5-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.5-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/fastclick/package.js b/packages/fastclick/package.js
index 38ce052ed3..cd14d4de12 100755
--- a/packages/fastclick/package.js
+++ b/packages/fastclick/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Faster touch events on mobile",
-  version: '1.0.6-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.7-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/force-ssl/package.js b/packages/force-ssl/package.js
index 4bed616c4f..abfd350a42 100644
--- a/packages/force-ssl/package.js
+++ b/packages/force-ssl/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Require this application to use HTTPS",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/geojson-utils/package.js b/packages/geojson-utils/package.js
index b7566c184c..9a876c3d15 100644
--- a/packages/geojson-utils/package.js
+++ b/packages/geojson-utils/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: 'GeoJSON utility functions (from https://github.com/maxogden/geojson-js-utils)',
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/github/package.js b/packages/github/package.js
index e76e1f2ad7..986d3627c5 100644
--- a/packages/github/package.js
+++ b/packages/github/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Github OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.1.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/google/package.js b/packages/google/package.js
index 8cc2621d48..2ce253a787 100644
--- a/packages/google/package.js
+++ b/packages/google/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Google OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.1.6-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.6-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/handlebars/package.js b/packages/handlebars/package.js
index d1abdaa366..8d1ea13a44 100644
--- a/packages/handlebars/package.js
+++ b/packages/handlebars/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Deprecated",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/hot-code-push/package.js b/packages/hot-code-push/package.js
index 20de8cfce9..37872d947e 100644
--- a/packages/hot-code-push/package.js
+++ b/packages/hot-code-push/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'hot-code-push',
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'Update the client in place when new code is available.',
   // URL to the Git repository containing the source code for this package.
diff --git a/packages/html-tools/package.js b/packages/html-tools/package.js
index 1ece9d6878..599d76b426 100644
--- a/packages/html-tools/package.js
+++ b/packages/html-tools/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Standards-compliant HTML tools",
-  version: '1.0.5-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.5-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/htmljs/package.js b/packages/htmljs/package.js
index bc8eb8cc53..32aa4f6e82 100644
--- a/packages/htmljs/package.js
+++ b/packages/htmljs/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Small library for expressing HTML trees",
-  version: '1.0.5-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.5-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/http/package.js b/packages/http/package.js
index a7c5dcf95a..40f34209db 100644
--- a/packages/http/package.js
+++ b/packages/http/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Make HTTP calls to remote servers",
-  version: '1.1.1-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.1.1-rc.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({request: "2.53.0"});
diff --git a/packages/id-map/package.js b/packages/id-map/package.js
index 723cc41d10..5433a11fc8 100644
--- a/packages/id-map/package.js
+++ b/packages/id-map/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Dictionary data structure allowing non-string keys",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/insecure/package.js b/packages/insecure/package.js
index 4a42028932..4383b798c0 100644
--- a/packages/insecure/package.js
+++ b/packages/insecure/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "(For prototyping only) Allow all database writes from the client",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 // This package is empty; its presence is detected by mongo-livedata.
diff --git a/packages/jquery-waypoints/package.js b/packages/jquery-waypoints/package.js
index 6c51172dda..8986a3d521 100644
--- a/packages/jquery-waypoints/package.js
+++ b/packages/jquery-waypoints/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Run a function when the user scrolls past an element",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/jquery/package.js b/packages/jquery/package.js
index cd2871b31f..1459c388da 100644
--- a/packages/jquery/package.js
+++ b/packages/jquery/package.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Manipulate the DOM using CSS selectors",
 
-  // XXX WHOOPS!  We accidentally published jquery 1.11.2 as 1.11.3, because we
-  // naively thought that "call the version '1.11.2', add a comment saying that
-  // the next version should be '1.11.2_1'" would be sufficient to not be
-  // missed during the semi-automated version number bumping step. Next time, use `_0` from the start so it's obvious that something weird is happening!
-  version: '1.11.3-plugins.0_3'  // XXX see above!!!!
+  // This is actually jQuery 1.11.2, but because of people bumping the
+  // patch number instead of the wrap number, we're higher than that.
+  // In fairness, there's no way to make an RC of a new version without
+  // bumping the patch number.
+  version: '1.11.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/jshint/package.js b/packages/jshint/package.js
index 6a2e10c53e..99c6003684 100644
--- a/packages/jshint/package.js
+++ b/packages/jshint/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'jshint',
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   summary: 'Lint all your JavaScript files with JSHint.',
   documentation: 'README.md'
 });
diff --git a/packages/jsparse/package.js b/packages/jsparse/package.js
index 9307328baf..c2ed6991ca 100644
--- a/packages/jsparse/package.js
+++ b/packages/jsparse/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Full-featured JavaScript parser",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/launch-screen/package.js b/packages/launch-screen/package.js
index e73e994300..d4e5237dfc 100644
--- a/packages/launch-screen/package.js
+++ b/packages/launch-screen/package.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Package.describe({
   // between such packages and the build tool.
   name: 'launch-screen',
   summary: 'Default and customizable launch screen on mobile.',
-  version: '1.0.3-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.3-rc.0'
 });
 
 Cordova.depends({
diff --git a/packages/less/package.js b/packages/less/package.js
index c925fae495..bdbcc16a12 100644
--- a/packages/less/package.js
+++ b/packages/less/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'less',
-  version: '2.5.0-plugins.0_2',
+  version: '2.5.0-rc.0_1',
   summary: 'Leaner CSS language',
   documentation: 'README.md'
 });
diff --git a/packages/livedata/package.js b/packages/livedata/package.js
index cb924f1c17..101d7c059a 100644
--- a/packages/livedata/package.js
+++ b/packages/livedata/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Moved to the 'ddp' package",
-  version: '1.0.14-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.14-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/localstorage/package.js b/packages/localstorage/package.js
index 11a59c45c6..41fa4bc616 100644
--- a/packages/localstorage/package.js
+++ b/packages/localstorage/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Simulates local storage on IE 6,7 using userData",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/logging/package.js b/packages/logging/package.js
index 6e310497be..3e587340ac 100644
--- a/packages/logging/package.js
+++ b/packages/logging/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Logging facility.",
-  version: '1.0.8-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.8-rc.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/logic-solver/package.js b/packages/logic-solver/package.js
index 2110d8d550..772f810c90 100644
--- a/packages/logic-solver/package.js
+++ b/packages/logic-solver/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "General satisfiability solver for logic problems",
-  version: '2.0.0-plugins.0'
+  version: '2.0.1-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/markdown/package.js b/packages/markdown/package.js
index 40716e53a6..7d3ccd607e 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/package.js
+++ b/packages/markdown/package.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Markdown-to-HTML processor",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/meetup/package.js b/packages/meetup/package.js
index 25a35d14a9..5a7262703a 100644
--- a/packages/meetup/package.js
+++ b/packages/meetup/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meetup OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.1.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.6.0-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/meteor-base/package.js b/packages/meteor-base/package.js
index 3a8d31bf13..8a642121ee 100644
--- a/packages/meteor-base/package.js
+++ b/packages/meteor-base/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'meteor-base',
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'Packages that every Meteor app needs',
   // By default, Meteor will default to using README.md for documentation.
diff --git a/packages/meteor-developer/package.js b/packages/meteor-developer/package.js
index 6800591b6a..c27eb6de52 100644
--- a/packages/meteor-developer/package.js
+++ b/packages/meteor-developer/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meteor developer accounts OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.1.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/meteor-platform/package.js b/packages/meteor-platform/package.js
index ce6646af49..d309683eb9 100644
--- a/packages/meteor-platform/package.js
+++ b/packages/meteor-platform/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "(Deprecated) Include a standard set of Meteor packages in your app",
-  version: '1.2.3-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.2.3-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/meteor-tool/package.js b/packages/meteor-tool/package.js
index 100c203855..22cd253d73 100644
--- a/packages/meteor-tool/package.js
+++ b/packages/meteor-tool/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "The Meteor command-line tool",
-  version: '1.1.5-plugins.3'
+  version: '1.1.7-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.includeTool();
diff --git a/packages/meteor/package.js b/packages/meteor/package.js
index d3f0cccd8e..0d79829e31 100644
--- a/packages/meteor/package.js
+++ b/packages/meteor/package.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Core Meteor environment",
-  version: '1.1.7-plugins.1'
+  version: '1.1.7-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.registerBuildPlugin({
diff --git a/packages/meyerweb-reset/package.js b/packages/meyerweb-reset/package.js
index c239e060cf..538c3cae83 100644
--- a/packages/meyerweb-reset/package.js
+++ b/packages/meyerweb-reset/package.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // encourage this pattern. Maybe another solution would be better.
 Package.describe({
   summary: "reset.css v2.0 from http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/minifiers/package.js b/packages/minifiers/package.js
index 71cb5c90f5..93ac01d3b7 100644
--- a/packages/minifiers/package.js
+++ b/packages/minifiers/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "JavaScript and CSS minifiers",
-  version: "1.1.6-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.6-rc.0"
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/minimongo/package.js b/packages/minimongo/package.js
index 8e23ae2b44..391ab8c86b 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/package.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meteor's client-side datastore: a port of MongoDB to Javascript",
-  version: '1.0.9-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.9-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/mobile-experience/package.js b/packages/mobile-experience/package.js
index d44a7840e8..fb6b3511d2 100644
--- a/packages/mobile-experience/package.js
+++ b/packages/mobile-experience/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'mobile-experience',
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'Packages for a great mobile user experience',
   // By default, Meteor will default to using README.md for documentation.
diff --git a/packages/mobile-status-bar/package.js b/packages/mobile-status-bar/package.js
index 03b732ca97..a57ff015b0 100644
--- a/packages/mobile-status-bar/package.js
+++ b/packages/mobile-status-bar/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Good defaults for the mobile status bar",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/mongo-id/package.js b/packages/mongo-id/package.js
index 1a1b97021a..3afcab6d09 100644
--- a/packages/mongo-id/package.js
+++ b/packages/mongo-id/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "JS simulation of MongoDB ObjectIDs",
-  version: '1.0.0-plugins.0',
+  version: '1.0.1-rc.0',
   documentation: null
 });
 
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ Package.onUse(function (api) {
     'id.js'
   ]);
 });
-
diff --git a/packages/mongo-livedata/package.js b/packages/mongo-livedata/package.js
index b7a5103594..1098680064 100644
--- a/packages/mongo-livedata/package.js
+++ b/packages/mongo-livedata/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Moved to the 'mongo' package",
-  version: '1.0.9-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.9-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/mongo/package.js b/packages/mongo/package.js
index 900e4bcdf9..8aef864ac2 100644
--- a/packages/mongo/package.js
+++ b/packages/mongo/package.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Adaptor for using MongoDB and Minimongo over DDP",
-  version: '1.1.1-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.1.1-rc.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/npm-mongo/package.js b/packages/npm-mongo/package.js
index d447149ab1..22972d8898 100644
--- a/packages/npm-mongo/package.js
+++ b/packages/npm-mongo/package.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Wrapper around the mongo npm package",
-  version: '1.4.39_1',
+  version: '1.4.39-rc.0_1',
   documentation: null
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/oauth-encryption/package.js b/packages/oauth-encryption/package.js
index 8062e7bd95..27a8900bff 100644
--- a/packages/oauth-encryption/package.js
+++ b/packages/oauth-encryption/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Encrypt account secrets stored in the database",
-  version: '1.0.6-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.6-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/oauth/package.js b/packages/oauth/package.js
index 2434a1105a..299a5a3694 100644
--- a/packages/oauth/package.js
+++ b/packages/oauth/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Common code for OAuth-based services",
-  version: "1.1.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.6-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ Package.onTest(function (api) {
 Cordova.depends({
     'cordova-plugin-inappbrowser': '1.0.0'
 });
-
diff --git a/packages/oauth1/package.js b/packages/oauth1/package.js
index 2a8d5a033e..b31c326d91 100644
--- a/packages/oauth1/package.js
+++ b/packages/oauth1/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Common code for OAuth1-based login services",
-  version: "1.1.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/oauth2/package.js b/packages/oauth2/package.js
index a5eedb7191..f81b8e40b5 100644
--- a/packages/oauth2/package.js
+++ b/packages/oauth2/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Common code for OAuth2-based login services",
-  version: "1.1.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.1.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/observe-sequence/package.js b/packages/observe-sequence/package.js
index 8d2d1a85f3..6fdeb047eb 100644
--- a/packages/observe-sequence/package.js
+++ b/packages/observe-sequence/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Observe changes to various sequence types such as arrays, cursors and objects",
-  version: "1.0.7-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.7-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/ordered-dict/package.js b/packages/ordered-dict/package.js
index c84f2f7428..558dc3d3e1 100644
--- a/packages/ordered-dict/package.js
+++ b/packages/ordered-dict/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Ordered traversable dictionary with a mutable ordering",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0',
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0',
   documentation: null
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/package-stats-opt-out/package.js b/packages/package-stats-opt-out/package.js
index eebd20f317..c871a51f48 100644
--- a/packages/package-stats-opt-out/package.js
+++ b/packages/package-stats-opt-out/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Opt out of sending package stats",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/package-version-parser/package.js b/packages/package-version-parser/package.js
index 5c3a54aa92..e8b16e44e2 100644
--- a/packages/package-version-parser/package.js
+++ b/packages/package-version-parser/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Parses Meteor Smart Package version strings",
-  version: "3.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "3.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/preserve-inputs/package.js b/packages/preserve-inputs/package.js
index 3abf40227e..a371433cf6 100644
--- a/packages/preserve-inputs/package.js
+++ b/packages/preserve-inputs/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Deprecated package (now empty)",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/promise/package.js b/packages/promise/package.js
index fb4fa5d3c8..fc35f6f13a 100644
--- a/packages/promise/package.js
+++ b/packages/promise/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: "promise",
-  version: "0.4.2-plugins.0",
+  version: "0.4.2-rc.0",
   summary: "ECMAScript 2015 Promise polyfill with Fiber support",
   git: "https://github.com/meteor/promise",
   documentation: "README.md"
diff --git a/packages/random/package.js b/packages/random/package.js
index ec63393cdd..97cf07a771 100644
--- a/packages/random/package.js
+++ b/packages/random/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Random number generator and utilities",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/rate-limit/package.js b/packages/rate-limit/package.js
index 54c4779d21..dff7fbe96c 100644
--- a/packages/rate-limit/package.js
+++ b/packages/rate-limit/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'rate-limit',
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'An algorithm for rate limiting anything',
   // URL to the Git repository containing the source code for this package.
diff --git a/packages/reactive-dict/package.js b/packages/reactive-dict/package.js
index e60d725570..4756cbdd67 100644
--- a/packages/reactive-dict/package.js
+++ b/packages/reactive-dict/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Reactive dictionary",
-  version: '1.1.1-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.1.1-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/reactive-var/package.js b/packages/reactive-var/package.js
index 7e952cd389..7fd7524cc8 100644
--- a/packages/reactive-var/package.js
+++ b/packages/reactive-var/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Reactive variable",
-  version: '1.0.6-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.6-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/reload-safetybelt/package.js b/packages/reload-safetybelt/package.js
index 765da1600d..6f234f7891 100644
--- a/packages/reload-safetybelt/package.js
+++ b/packages/reload-safetybelt/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Reload safety belt for multi-server deployments",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/reload/package.js b/packages/reload/package.js
index 5117656937..a81cf8cbc8 100644
--- a/packages/reload/package.js
+++ b/packages/reload/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Reload the page while preserving application state.",
-  version: '1.1.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.1.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/retry/package.js b/packages/retry/package.js
index 0d64378e7d..b7b10639d1 100644
--- a/packages/retry/package.js
+++ b/packages/retry/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Retry logic with exponential backoff",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/routepolicy/package.js b/packages/routepolicy/package.js
index ef4cddbaeb..84f761413a 100644
--- a/packages/routepolicy/package.js
+++ b/packages/routepolicy/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "route policy declarations",
-  version: '1.0.6-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.6-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/service-configuration/package.js b/packages/service-configuration/package.js
index dfb18a38df..388fb6e391 100644
--- a/packages/service-configuration/package.js
+++ b/packages/service-configuration/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Manage the configuration for third-party services",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/session/package.js b/packages/session/package.js
index 4e4eb8eefa..585c3e1428 100644
--- a/packages/session/package.js
+++ b/packages/session/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Session variable",
-  version: '1.1.1-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.1.1-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/sha/package.js b/packages/sha/package.js
index ac672d3f23..a5e50195cb 100644
--- a/packages/sha/package.js
+++ b/packages/sha/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "SHA256 implementation",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/showdown/package.js b/packages/showdown/package.js
index 14098eff49..b67e2578bd 100644
--- a/packages/showdown/package.js
+++ b/packages/showdown/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Moved to the 'markdown' package",
-  version: '1.0.5-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.5-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js b/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
index 5cd1b0a007..b3086acbba 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Compiler for Spacebars template language",
-  version: '1.0.7-plugins.1'
+  version: '1.0.7-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-tests/package.js b/packages/spacebars-tests/package.js
index ecd9bcaa2e..f56ee4db13 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-tests/package.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-tests/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Additional tests for Spacebars",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 // These tests are in a separate package to avoid a circular dependency
diff --git a/packages/spacebars/package.js b/packages/spacebars/package.js
index 0ff80091ea..5be2860451 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars/package.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Handlebars-like template language for Meteor",
-  version: '1.0.7-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.7-rc.0'
 });
 
 // For more, see package `spacebars-compiler`, which is used by
diff --git a/packages/spiderable/package.js b/packages/spiderable/package.js
index 9939dd4556..810a9b0fea 100644
--- a/packages/spiderable/package.js
+++ b/packages/spiderable/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Makes the application crawlable to web spiders",
-  version: "1.0.8-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.9-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/srp/package.js b/packages/srp/package.js
index 01efa389f6..c71a50658d 100644
--- a/packages/srp/package.js
+++ b/packages/srp/package.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Library for Secure Remote Password (SRP) exchanges",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/standard-app-packages/package.js b/packages/standard-app-packages/package.js
index 8bcdc2fc96..55167920cb 100644
--- a/packages/standard-app-packages/package.js
+++ b/packages/standard-app-packages/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Moved to meteor-platform",
-  version: '1.0.6-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.6-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/standard-minifiers/package.js b/packages/standard-minifiers/package.js
index eedfb7798f..f682862fd6 100644
--- a/packages/standard-minifiers/package.js
+++ b/packages/standard-minifiers/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'standard-minifiers',
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   summary: 'Standard minifiers used with Meteor apps by default.',
   documentation: 'README.md'
 });
diff --git a/packages/startup/package.js b/packages/startup/package.js
index aa79f13002..629c6712de 100644
--- a/packages/startup/package.js
+++ b/packages/startup/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Deprecated package (now empty)",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/static-html/package.js b/packages/static-html/package.js
index 616adaf393..244d2a4588 100644
--- a/packages/static-html/package.js
+++ b/packages/static-html/package.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package.describe({
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'Define static page content in .html files',
   git: 'https://github.com/meteor/meteor',
diff --git a/packages/stylus/.npm/plugin/compileStylusBatch/README b/packages/stylus/.npm/plugin/compileStylusBatch/README
index 8310d7d486..3d492553a4 100644
--- a/packages/stylus/.npm/plugin/compileStylusBatch/README
+++ b/packages/stylus/.npm/plugin/compileStylusBatch/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-This directory and the files immediately inside it are automatically generated   
-when you change this package's NPM dependencies. Commit the files in this    
-directory (npm-shrinkwrap.json, .gitignore, and this README) to source control   
-so that others run the same versions of sub-dependencies.    
-   
-You should NOT check in the node_modules directory that Meteor automatically   
+This directory and the files immediately inside it are automatically generated
+when you change this package's NPM dependencies. Commit the files in this
+directory (npm-shrinkwrap.json, .gitignore, and this README) to source control
+so that others run the same versions of sub-dependencies.
+
+You should NOT check in the node_modules directory that Meteor automatically
 creates; if you are using git, the .gitignore file tells git to ignore it.
diff --git a/packages/stylus/.npm/plugin/compileStylusBatch/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/packages/stylus/.npm/plugin/compileStylusBatch/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 00c1381671..9bfa1ac2c7 100644
--- a/packages/stylus/.npm/plugin/compileStylusBatch/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/packages/stylus/.npm/plugin/compileStylusBatch/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,112 +1,112 @@
-{    
-  "dependencies": {    
-    "nib": {   
-      "version": "1.1.0",    
-      "dependencies": {    
-        "stylus": {    
-          "version": "0.49.3",   
-          "dependencies": {    
-            "css-parse": {   
-              "version": "1.7.0"   
-            },   
-            "mkdirp": {    
-              "version": "0.3.5"   
-            },   
-            "debug": {   
-              "version": "2.2.0",    
-              "dependencies": {    
-                "ms": {    
-                  "version": "0.7.1"   
-                }    
-              }    
-            },   
-            "sax": {   
-              "version": "0.5.8"   
-            },   
-            "glob": {    
-              "version": "3.2.11",   
-              "dependencies": {    
-                "inherits": {    
-                  "version": "2.0.1"   
-                },   
-                "minimatch": {   
-                  "version": "0.3.0",    
-                  "dependencies": {    
-                    "lru-cache": {   
-                      "version": "2.6.5"   
-                    },   
-                    "sigmund": {   
-                      "version": "1.0.1"   
-                    }    
-                  }    
-                }    
-              }    
-            },   
-            "source-map": {    
-              "version": "0.1.43",   
-              "dependencies": {    
-                "amdefine": {    
-                  "version": "0.1.1"   
-                }    
-              }    
-            }    
-          }    
-        }    
-      }    
-    },   
-    "stylus": {    
-      "version": "https://github.com/meteor/stylus/tarball/d4352c9cb4056faf238e6bd9f9f2172472b67c5b",    
-      "dependencies": {    
-        "css-parse": {   
-          "version": "1.7.0"   
-        },   
-        "mkdirp": {    
-          "version": "0.5.1",    
-          "dependencies": {    
-            "minimist": {    
-              "version": "0.0.8"   
-            }    
-          }    
-        },   
-        "debug": {   
-          "version": "2.2.0",    
-          "dependencies": {    
-            "ms": {    
-              "version": "0.7.1"   
-            }    
-          }    
-        },   
-        "sax": {   
-          "version": "0.5.8"   
-        },   
-        "glob": {    
-          "version": "3.2.11",   
-          "dependencies": {    
-            "inherits": {    
-              "version": "2.0.1"   
-            },   
-            "minimatch": {   
-              "version": "0.3.0",    
-              "dependencies": {    
-                "lru-cache": {   
-                  "version": "2.6.5"   
-                },   
-                "sigmund": {   
-                  "version": "1.0.1"   
-                }    
-              }    
-            }    
-          }    
-        },   
-        "source-map": {    
-          "version": "0.1.43",   
-          "dependencies": {    
-            "amdefine": {    
-              "version": "1.0.0"   
-            }    
-          }    
-        }    
-      }    
-    }    
-  }    
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "nib": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "stylus": {
+          "version": "0.49.3",
+          "dependencies": {
+            "css-parse": {
+              "version": "1.7.0"
+            },
+            "mkdirp": {
+              "version": "0.3.5"
+            },
+            "debug": {
+              "version": "2.2.0",
+              "dependencies": {
+                "ms": {
+                  "version": "0.7.1"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "sax": {
+              "version": "0.5.8"
+            },
+            "glob": {
+              "version": "3.2.11",
+              "dependencies": {
+                "inherits": {
+                  "version": "2.0.1"
+                },
+                "minimatch": {
+                  "version": "0.3.0",
+                  "dependencies": {
+                    "lru-cache": {
+                      "version": "2.6.5"
+                    },
+                    "sigmund": {
+                      "version": "1.0.1"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "source-map": {
+              "version": "0.1.43",
+              "dependencies": {
+                "amdefine": {
+                  "version": "0.1.1"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "stylus": {
+      "version": "https://github.com/meteor/stylus/tarball/d4352c9cb4056faf238e6bd9f9f2172472b67c5b",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "css-parse": {
+          "version": "1.7.0"
+        },
+        "mkdirp": {
+          "version": "0.5.1",
+          "dependencies": {
+            "minimist": {
+              "version": "0.0.8"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "debug": {
+          "version": "2.2.0",
+          "dependencies": {
+            "ms": {
+              "version": "0.7.1"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "sax": {
+          "version": "0.5.8"
+        },
+        "glob": {
+          "version": "3.2.11",
+          "dependencies": {
+            "inherits": {
+              "version": "2.0.1"
+            },
+            "minimatch": {
+              "version": "0.3.0",
+              "dependencies": {
+                "lru-cache": {
+                  "version": "2.6.5"
+                },
+                "sigmund": {
+                  "version": "1.0.1"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "source-map": {
+          "version": "0.1.43",
+          "dependencies": {
+            "amdefine": {
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/stylus/package.js b/packages/stylus/package.js
index 1c20b7d4cf..8df104e351 100644
--- a/packages/stylus/package.js
+++ b/packages/stylus/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: 'Expressive, dynamic, robust CSS',
-  version: "2.511.0-plugins.1"
+  version: "2.511.0-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.registerBuildPlugin({
diff --git a/packages/templating-tools/package.js b/packages/templating-tools/package.js
index 386b7ba433..7abd2629c9 100644
--- a/packages/templating-tools/package.js
+++ b/packages/templating-tools/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: 'templating-tools',
-  version: '1.0.0',
+  version: '1.0.0-rc.0',
   // Brief, one-line summary of the package.
   summary: 'Tools to scan HTML and compile tags when building a templating package',
   // URL to the Git repository containing the source code for this package.
diff --git a/packages/templating/package.js b/packages/templating/package.js
index 6118d77cc3..a14b4ec82c 100644
--- a/packages/templating/package.js
+++ b/packages/templating/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Allows templates to be defined in .html files",
-  version: '1.1.2-plugins.1'
+  version: '1.1.2-rc.0'
 });
 
 // Today, this package is closely intertwined with Handlebars, meaning
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/package.js b/packages/test-helpers/package.js
index 534d14fa37..11af786357 100644
--- a/packages/test-helpers/package.js
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Utility functions for tests",
-  version: '1.0.5-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.5-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/test-in-browser/package.js b/packages/test-in-browser/package.js
index 8663ef21d1..65e1616d98 100644
--- a/packages/test-in-browser/package.js
+++ b/packages/test-in-browser/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Run tests interactively in the browser",
-  version: '1.0.8-plugins.0',
+  version: '1.0.8-rc.0',
   documentation: null
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/test-in-console/package.js b/packages/test-in-console/package.js
index fab8a0a978..c3098bca68 100644
--- a/packages/test-in-console/package.js
+++ b/packages/test-in-console/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Run tests noninteractively, with results going to the console.",
-  version: '1.0.6-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.6-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/test-server-tests-in-console-once/package.js b/packages/test-server-tests-in-console-once/package.js
index 46d24ab0af..26caec9680 100644
--- a/packages/test-server-tests-in-console-once/package.js
+++ b/packages/test-server-tests-in-console-once/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Run server tests noninteractively, with results going to the console.",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/tinytest/package.js b/packages/tinytest/package.js
index 0852d9d3f7..ef6fbdf67c 100644
--- a/packages/tinytest/package.js
+++ b/packages/tinytest/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Tiny testing framework",
-  version: '1.0.6-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.6-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/tracker/package.js b/packages/tracker/package.js
index fb2dacc817..cc761b983f 100644
--- a/packages/tracker/package.js
+++ b/packages/tracker/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Dependency tracker to allow reactive callbacks",
-  version: '1.0.8-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.8-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/twitter/package.js b/packages/twitter/package.js
index 5edde07d20..aea7595d2b 100644
--- a/packages/twitter/package.js
+++ b/packages/twitter/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Twitter OAuth flow",
-  version: '1.1.5-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.1.5-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/ui/package.js b/packages/ui/package.js
index 1fd4698849..46dbcb78e2 100644
--- a/packages/ui/package.js
+++ b/packages/ui/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Deprecated: Use the 'blaze' package",
-  version: '1.0.7-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.7-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/underscore-tests/package.js b/packages/underscore-tests/package.js
index 74ef6851f2..bc4335c867 100644
--- a/packages/underscore-tests/package.js
+++ b/packages/underscore-tests/package.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package.describe({
   // These tests can't be directly in the underscore packages since
   // Tinytest depends on underscore
   summary: "Tests for the underscore package",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onTest(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/underscore/package.js b/packages/underscore/package.js
index 455f8ac291..dda62f526c 100644
--- a/packages/underscore/package.js
+++ b/packages/underscore/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Collection of small helpers: _.map, _.each, ...",
-  version: '1.0.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.0.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/url/package.js b/packages/url/package.js
index daaf9c220e..7f80e92536 100644
--- a/packages/url/package.js
+++ b/packages/url/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Utility code for constructing URLs",
-  version: "1.0.5-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.5-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/webapp-hashing/package.js b/packages/webapp-hashing/package.js
index 03a0c36792..a4fd9b6a45 100644
--- a/packages/webapp-hashing/package.js
+++ b/packages/webapp-hashing/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Used internally by WebApp. Knows how to hash programs from manifests.",
-  version: "1.0.4-plugins.0"
+  version: "1.0.4-rc.0"
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/webapp/package.js b/packages/webapp/package.js
index 70c33d437e..082e4a430a 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/package.js
+++ b/packages/webapp/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Serves a Meteor app over HTTP",
-  version: '1.2.1-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.2.2-rc.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({connect: "2.9.0",
diff --git a/packages/weibo/package.js b/packages/weibo/package.js
index ebbc08b5c2..79ed9b9ec6 100644
--- a/packages/weibo/package.js
+++ b/packages/weibo/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Weibo OAuth flow",
-  version: '1.1.4-plugins.0'
+  version: '1.1.4-rc.0'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/xmlbuilder/package.js b/packages/xmlbuilder/package.js
index 3b0f1410cf..4d7cfa6302 100644
--- a/packages/xmlbuilder/package.js
+++ b/packages/xmlbuilder/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "An XML builder for node.js similar to java-xmlbuilder.",
-  version: '2.4.7-plugins.0'
+  version: '2.4.7-rc.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({