diff --git a/plzip-0.6.tar.bz2 b/plzip-0.6.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 44e0f28..0000000
--- a/plzip-0.6.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:e63bce096b65ec8c34fa87184d51a8758522b84ed536292e4110926b50386b2f
-size 54398
diff --git a/plzip-0.8.tar.gz b/plzip-0.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e01ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plzip-0.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:3ac60ae70bbad6717c49f82d6ff0ce1b7a8508d4cfd36ae40181f36416afc9fb
+size 66236
diff --git a/plzip.changes b/plzip.changes
index cb33df4..3c7fc67 100644
--- a/plzip.changes
+++ b/plzip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb 26 17:10:24 UTC 2012 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
+
+- update to 0.8:
+  * the option "-F, --recompress", which forces recompression of files whose
+    name already has the ".lz" or ".tlz" suffix, has been added
+  * the options "-d, --decompress" and "-t, --test" now also show compression
+    ratio
+  * inability to change output file attributes has been downgraded from error
+    to warning
+  * quote characters in messages have been changed as advised by GNU Coding
+    Standards
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 24 06:09:15 UTC 2010 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/plzip.spec b/plzip.spec
index edc3e20..61c0cfe 100644
--- a/plzip.spec
+++ b/plzip.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
-# norootforbuild
+# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 et:
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser@opensuse.org>
+#
+# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
+# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
+# published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-Name:				 plzip
-Version:			 0.6
-Release:			 0
-Summary:			 Parallel LZMA Data Compressor
-# http://mirrors.zerg.biz/nongnu/lzip/plzip-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source:			 plzip-%{version}.tar.bz2
-URL:				 http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip.html
-Group:			 Productivity/Archiving/Compression
-License:			 GNU General Public License version 3 (GPL v3 or later)
-BuildRoot:		 %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-BuildRequires:	 liblz-devel
-BuildRequires:	 gcc-c++ libstdc++-devel make glibc-devel
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+
+Name:           plzip
+Version:        0.8
+Release:        0
+Summary:        Parallel LZMA Data Compressor
+Source:         http://mirrors.zerg.biz/nongnu/lzip/plzip-%{version}.tar.gz
+URL:            http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip.html
+Group:          Productivity/Archiving/Compression
+License:        GPL-3.0+
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
+BuildRequires:  liblz-devel
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ libstdc++-devel make glibc-devel
 PreReq:         %install_info_prereq
 
 %description
@@ -24,33 +35,25 @@ integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2.
 Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and compresses better than bzip2,
 which makes it well suited for software distribution and data archiving. 
 
-
-
-
-Authors:
---------
-    Laszlo Ersek <lacos@caesar.elte.hu>
-    Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es>
-
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
 %build
 ./configure \
-	--prefix="%{_prefix}" \
-	--bindir="%{_bindir}" \
-	--datadir="%{_datadir}" \
-	--includedir="%{_includedir}" \
-	--infodir="%{_infodir}" \
-	--libdir="%{_libdir}" \
-	--mandir="%{_mandir}" \
-	--sysconfdir="%{_sysconfdir}" \
-	--enable-shared \
-	CXX="%__cxx" \
-	CPPFLAGS="%{optflags}" \
-	CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}"
+    --prefix="%{_prefix}" \
+    --bindir="%{_bindir}" \
+    --datadir="%{_datadir}" \
+    --includedir="%{_includedir}" \
+    --infodir="%{_infodir}" \
+    --libdir="%{_libdir}" \
+    --mandir="%{_mandir}" \
+    --sysconfdir="%{_sysconfdir}" \
+    --enable-shared \
+    CXX="%__cxx" \
+    CPPFLAGS="%{optflags}" \
+    CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 
-%__make %{?jobs:-j%{jobs}}
+%__make %{?_smp_flags}
 
 %install
 %__make DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" LDCONFIG=echo install
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ Authors:
 %__make check
 
 %clean
-%__rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%{?buildroot:%__rm -rf "%{buildroot}"}
 
 %post
 %install_info --info-dir="%{_infodir}" "%{_infodir}/%{name}".info%{ext_info}
@@ -75,8 +78,3 @@ Authors:
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/plzip.1%{ext_man}
 
 %changelog
-# vim: set sw=3 ts=3 noet:
-# Local Variables:
-# mode: rpm-spec
-# tab-width: 3
-# End: