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diff --git a/streamlink.changes b/streamlink.changes
index 5b21564..5f36a97 100644
--- a/streamlink.changes
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@@ -1,3 +1,44 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  4 17:52:10 UTC 2024 - Richard Rahl <rrahl0@opensuse.org>
+
+- update to 7.0.0:
+  * BREAKING: dropped support for EOL Python 3.8 (Win 7/8 are now unsupported)
+  * BREAKING/CLI: removed deprecated config file and plugin config file paths
+  * BREAKING/CLI: removed deprecated plugin sideloading paths
+  * BREAKING/CLI: removed deprecated --force-progress CLI argument
+  * BREAKING/CLI: removed deprecated stream-type related CLI arguments
+    - --hls-segment-attempts
+    - --hls-segment-threads
+    - --hls-segment-timeout
+    - --hls-timeout
+    - --http-stream-timeout
+  * BREAKING/API: removed deprecated stream-type related session options
+    - hls-segment-attempts
+    - hls-segment-threads
+    - hls-segment-timeout
+    - hls-timeout
+    - dash-segment-attempts
+    - dash-segment-threads
+    - dash-segment-timeout
+    - dash-timeout
+    - http-stream-timeout
+  * BREAKING/API: removed deprecated import paths for HTTPSession and HTTPAdapters
+  * BREAKING/API: removed deprecated import paths for NoPluginError, NoStreamsError, PluginError and Plugin
+  * BREAKING/packaging: dropped "32 bit" Windows x86 and Linux AppImage i686 builds
+  * Removed: flawed implementation of VLC-specific player variables
+  * Deprecated: --verbose-player CLI argument in favor of --player-verbose
+  * Deprecated: --fifo CLI argument in favor of --player-fifo
+  * Added: warning messages for deprecated/suppressed plugin arguments
+  * Fixed: errors on missing stdin file descriptor
+  * Fixed: --interface not having an effect on custom HTTPAdapters
+  * Updated plugins: afreeca, ruv, tv3cat
+  * Docs: updated documentation of various CLI arguments
+  * Chore: updated typing annotations (PEP 563, PEP 585, PEP 604, PEP 613)
+  * Chore: reformatted the whole code base using ruff
+  * Build: bumped trio dependency to >=0.25.0,<1 on Python >= 3.13
+- require python-trio >= 0.25, so we are ready for python313
+- suggest vlc, so it will be prefered over mpv (as libsolv solves it in alphabetical order)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  1 14:22:13 UTC 2024 - Richard Rahl <rrahl0@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/streamlink.keyring b/streamlink.keyring
index 2266afc..d534cb3 100644
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+++ b/streamlink.keyring
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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diff --git a/streamlink.spec b/streamlink.spec
index 0cd1a60..4351b93 100644
--- a/streamlink.spec
+++ b/streamlink.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 %define         psuffix %nil
 %endif
 Name:           streamlink%{psuffix}
-Version:        6.11.0
+Version:        7.0.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Program to pipe streams from services into a video player
 License:        Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python3-PySocks >= 1.5.6
 BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx >= 4
 BuildRequires:  python3-certifi
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel >= 3.8
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel >= 3.9
 BuildRequires:  python3-isodate
 BuildRequires:  python3-lxml >= 4.6.4
 BuildRequires:  python3-mypy
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-pycountry
 BuildRequires:  python3-pycryptodome >= 3.4.3
 BuildRequires:  python3-requests >= 2.26
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
-BuildRequires:  python3-trio >= 0.22.0
+BuildRequires:  python3-trio >= 0.25.0
 BuildRequires:  python3-trio-typing
 BuildRequires:  python3-trio-websocket >= 0.9.0
 BuildRequires:  python3-typing_extensions >= 4.0.0
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ Requires:       python3-typing-extensions >= 4.0.0
 Requires:       python3-urllib3 >= 1.26.0
 Requires:       python3-websocket-client >= 1.2.1
 Conflicts:      python3-PySocks = 1.5.7
-
+# the behaviour of libsolv changed, so we now have to suggest the one we actually want
+# if no player is preinstalled or in the same install command
 Recommends:     (vlc or mpv)
+Suggests:       vlc
 Suggests:       ffmpeg
 BuildArch:      noarch