diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 9fe4a9fc9ac..2ff92209d0a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1984,6 +1984,8 @@ Maintenance/release_building/BUGFIX_NUMBER -text
 Maintenance/release_building/MAJOR_NUMBER -text
 Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER -text
 Maintenance/release_building/global_dont_submit -text
+Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name -text
+Maintenance/release_building/release_name -text
 Maintenance/rpm/SOURCES/CGAL-README.Fedora svneol=native#text/plain
 Maintenance/rpm/SOURCES/CGAL-build-library.dpatch svneol=native#text/x-diff
 Maintenance/rpm/SOURCES/CGAL-install_cgal-SUPPORT_REQUIRED.patch svneol=native#text/x-diff
diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/BUGFIX_NUMBER b/Maintenance/release_building/BUGFIX_NUMBER
index 573541ac970..d61f00d8cad 100644
--- a/Maintenance/release_building/BUGFIX_NUMBER
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/BUGFIX_NUMBER
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0
+90
diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER b/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
index b8626c4cff2..00750edc07d 100644
--- a/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/MINOR_NUMBER
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4
+3
diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2192e2deb5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CGAL-3.4-alpha1
diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/release_name b/Maintenance/release_building/release_name
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0e4a23c2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/release_name
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CGAL-3.4
diff --git a/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_new_release b/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_new_release
index 76caf59ec0d..529d9c43b85 100755
--- a/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_new_release
+++ b/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_new_release
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ if [ -z "$INTERNAL_NUMBER" ]; then
 fi
 INTERNAL_STRING="-I-${INTERNAL_NUMBER}"
 internal_nr=`printf "%4s" "${INTERNAL_NUMBER}" | sed "y/ /0/"`
-release_name="CGAL-${MAJOR_NUMBER}.${MINOR_NUMBER}${BUGFIX_STRING}${INTERNAL_STRING}"
+
+if [ -r "${NUMBERS_DIR}/release_name" ]; then
+    release_name=`cat "${NUMBERS_DIR}/release_name"`${INTERNAL_STRING}
+else
+    release_name="CGAL-${MAJOR_NUMBER}.${MINOR_NUMBER}${BUGFIX_STRING}${INTERNAL_STRING}"
+fi
 echo "${release_name}"
 major_nr=`printf "%2s" "${MAJOR_NUMBER}" | sed "y/ /0/"`
 minor_nr=`printf "%2s" "${MINOR_NUMBER}" | sed "y/ /0/"`
@@ -187,7 +192,11 @@ if [ "$DO_PUBLIC" ]; then
     echo "Making the public version of the tarball"
     public_release_number="1${major_nr}${minor_nr}${bugfix_nr}1000"
     public_release_version="${MAJOR_NUMBER}.${MINOR_NUMBER}${BUGFIX_STRING}"
-    public_release_name="CGAL-${public_release_version}"
+    if [ -r "${NUMBERS_DIR}/public_release_name" ]; then
+	public_release_name=`cat "${NUMBERS_DIR/public_release_name"`
+    else
+	public_release_name="CGAL-${public_release_version}"
+    fi
     mv ${release_name} $public_release_name
 
     cd ${public_release_name}