diff --git a/hello-2.3.tar.bz2 b/hello-2.3.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index b5c8451..0000000
--- a/hello-2.3.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:41cbb1b8296f7f791164e4da1d10c6c8b905bc7d0136f34ebe0b198fb08cfb30
-size 360569
diff --git a/hello-2.8.tar.gz b/hello-2.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0be544a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hello-2.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e6b77f81f7cf7daefad4a9f5b65de6cae9c3f13b8cfbaea8cb53bb5ea5460d73
+size 697483
diff --git a/hello.changes b/hello.changes
index 5a92716..aad11c1 100644
--- a/hello.changes
+++ b/hello.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr 22 10:50:38 UTC 2012 - puzel@suse.com
+
+- update to version 2.8 
+  - use newer autotools and friends
+  - update translations
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 26 12:53:54 CEST 2009 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/hello.spec b/hello.spec
index 624578f..ead1bb6 100644
--- a/hello.spec
+++ b/hello.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
-# spec file for package hello (Version 2.3)
+# spec file for package hello
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2009 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,18 +16,17 @@
 #
 
 
-
 Name:           hello
-License:        GPL v3 or later
 # How to define macros
 %define hello echo "hello world"
-Group:          Development/Tools/Other
-Provides:       mailreader 
-AutoReqProv:    on
+Provides:       mailreader
 Summary:        A Friendly Greeting Program
-Version:        2.3
-Release:        79
-Source0:        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hello/hello-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:        GPL-3.0+
+Group:          Development/Tools/Other
+Version:        2.8
+Release:        0
+Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/hello
+Source0:        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hello/hello-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         hello-1.3.dif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 PreReq:         %install_info_prereq
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ Authors:
 rm -f doc/*.info
 
 %build
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" 
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 %configure
 %if %do_profiling
   make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %cflags_profile_generate" LDFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs"
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 make check
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%make_install
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %post
@@ -86,9 +85,6 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/%{name}.info.gz
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %doc COPYING TODO NEWS README THANKS ABOUT-NLS