diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e30920c2..cafbf8dc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
-since 0.7:
+since 0.8:
 ...
 
+0.8:
+- build: use configuration from *local* specfile (e.g. BuildRequires)
+- add 'createpac/editpac' and 'createprj/editprj' subcommands which
+  are similar to 'editmeta' but should be more logical to find
+- added 'deletepac' subcommand
+- added 'buildhistory' subcommand (formerly 'history'). This only
+  gives out raw xml at this time
 - added 'linkpac' subcommand
+- added ".git" to the excluded files
 - adapt to API changes
-- fixed issue with uploading files when an intercepting web proxy was in between osc and the api server
+- fixed issue with uploading files when an intercepting web proxy was
+  in between osc and the api server
 - fixed creation of new packages/projects
 
 0.7:
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index fc792573..8eca2288 100755
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence,
 # either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
 
-__version__ = '0.7'
+__version__ = '0.8'
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ def check_store_version(dir):
         sys.exit(1)
 
     if v != __version__:
-        if v in ['0.2', '0.3', '0.4', '0.5', '0.6']:
+        if v in ['0.2', '0.3', '0.4', '0.5', '0.6', '0.7']:
             # version is fine, no migration needed
             f = open(versionfile, 'w')
             f.write(__version__ + '\n')