diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ff8628adf00a704307d10be14397eda6ae9ec64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# v1.0
+
+Nothing there
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f7e7a754cbf201af1b0bd11415fb3bea751d545b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ask your maintainer. Keep _master_ working.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e16c886af9fce080ebada67c0a1c7f597201f66..d9ae1ed30e00c4753c0356fc0e1cca8068d74179 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ This is a generic scaffold for Python projects that use:
   3.2. adjust [setup.py](setup.py)
   3.3. adjust [.coveragerc](.coveragerc)
   3.4. adjust [license](LICENSE)
-  3.5. adjust [Vagrantfile](Vagrantfile), or remove it
-  3.6. adjust [MANIFEST.in](MANIFEST.in) if you have data files
-  3.7. adjust [docs](docs/)
-  3.8. adjust [gitlab-ci.yml](.gitlab-ci.yml), especially if your tests require a 
-       Vagrant environment
+  3.5. adjust or delete [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+  3.6. adjust or delete [change log](CHANGELOG.md)
+  3.7. adjust [Vagrantfile](Vagrantfile), or remove it
+  3.8. adjust [MANIFEST.in](MANIFEST.in) if you have data files
+  3.9. adjust [docs](docs/)
+  3.10. adjust [gitlab-ci.yml](.gitlab-ci.yml), especially if your tests require a 
+        Vagrant environment
 4. Set up a repository on GitLab
 5. Ensure you have _master_ permission on this repository
 6. Set `^TOTAL\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+(\d+)%$` in 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ded9dd74b6110fe5e4b21754380c24858fd1a331..182c849baa14b7c9e9690c39483e5d2f90f6bd79 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 setup(
     name="your-project",
-    version="0.0",
+    version="0.0rc0",
     author=u'Banana',
     author_email='banana@example.com',
     description=u'banana banana banana',
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ setup(
     data_files=[
     ],
     classifiers=[
+        # See https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers for list of classifiers
+        'Development Status :: 1 - Planning',
+        'Programming Language :: Python'
     ],
     tests_require=['nose', 'mock', 'coverage'],
     test_suite='nose.collector'