diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index c36c471..e623bdb 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-freecol-0.7.4-src-clean.tar.gz
+freecol-0.8.0-src-clean.tar.gz
diff --git a/freecol.sh b/freecol.sh
index 70729cd..39a60be 100644
--- a/freecol.sh
+++ b/freecol.sh
@@ -16,10 +16,4 @@ CLASSPATH=`build-classpath freecol higlayout`
 MAIN_CLASS="net.sf.freecol.FreeCol"
 set_options "-Xmx256M"
 
-# so that FreeCol.log doesn't get dropped in the cwd
-# I would rather use ~/.freecol, but freecol itself uses ~/freecol for
-# savegames so we use that here too
-mkdir -p ~/freecol
-cd ~/freecol
-
 run --freecol-data /usr/share/freecol/data "$@"
diff --git a/freecol.spec b/freecol.spec
index 81fe5f5..b7be6da 100644
--- a/freecol.spec
+++ b/freecol.spec
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 %define fontname shadowedblack
 
 Name:           freecol
-Version:        0.7.4
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        0.8.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Turn-based multi-player strategy game
 Group:          Amusements/Games
 License:        GPL+
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ Source2:        %{name}.desktop
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  ant ant-nodeps xml-commons-apis xml-commons-resolver tetex-tex4ht
 BuildRequires:  higlayout ImageMagick desktop-file-utils fontpackages-devel
-# needed by netpbm-tools, which is required by latex2html
-BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-server-utils
 # Doesn't run with gcj, so better build it with icedtea/openjdk too
 BuildRequires:  java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ install -p -m 644 packaging/debian/%{name}.6 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man6
 install -p -m 755 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/%{name}
 
 cp -a data $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}
-(cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}/data/audio && ln -s sfx music)
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_fontdir}
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}/data/fonts/ShadowedBlack.ttf \
@@ -148,6 +145,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 15 2009 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> 0.8.0-1
+- New upstream release 0.8.0
+
 * Sat Dec 27 2008 Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl> 0.7.4-4
 - Drop unclearly licensed Plakat-Fraktur font (and stop using it)
 - Put ShadowedBlack font in its own shadowedblack-fonts subpackage (rh 477388)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index aea9afc..c40d43a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f0ea11a76d772947e72debc8f25d8b67  freecol-0.7.4-src-clean.tar.gz
+4dea50045993f59e21e3196e274fc5bd  freecol-0.8.0-src-clean.tar.gz