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index e814192..0000000
--- a/shared-mime-info-1.7.tar.xz
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-oid sha256:eacc781cfebaa2074e43cf9521dc7ab4391ace8a4712902b2841669c83144d2e
-size 582172
diff --git a/shared-mime-info-1.8.tar.xz b/shared-mime-info-1.8.tar.xz
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index 0000000..2a76c14
--- /dev/null
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:2af55ef1a0319805b74ab40d331a3962c905477d76c086f49e34dc96363589e9
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diff --git a/shared-mime-info.changes b/shared-mime-info.changes
index 545d6ed..986df04 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.changes
+++ b/shared-mime-info.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  7 11:37:38 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Update to version 1.8:
+  + Add Flatpak-related mime-types.
+  + Add mime-type for a number of Thomson-related disk (and
+    cassette) images.
+  + Add many audio and video mime-type aliases as used in VLC.
+  + Add mime-type for pdf.lz files.
+  + Write the correct length for literal and glob lists to the
+    cache.
+  + Build fixes.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 11 06:46:00 UTC 2016 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/shared-mime-info.spec b/shared-mime-info.spec
index 07e6eb4..276281d 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.spec
+++ b/shared-mime-info.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           shared-mime-info
-Version:        1.7
+Version:        1.8
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info
 Summary:        Shared MIME Database