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diff --git a/happybase-0.8.tar.gz b/happybase-0.8.tar.gz
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diff --git a/python-happybase.changes b/python-happybase.changes
index 74ea3c6..5376282 100644
--- a/python-happybase.changes
+++ b/python-happybase.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 15 21:00:40 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- update to 0.8:
+ * Add (and default to) '0.96' compatibility mode in :py:class:`Connection`.
+ * Add support for retrieving sorted columns, which is possible with the HBase
+  0.96 Thrift API
+ * The `batch_size` argument to :py:meth:`Table.scan` is no longer propagated to
+  `Scan.setBatching()` at the Java side (inside the Thrift server). 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  9 23:13:08 UTC 2013 - p.drouand@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-happybase.spec b/python-happybase.spec
index e593a1f..24b8f6a 100644
--- a/python-happybase.spec
+++ b/python-happybase.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-happybase
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 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
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-happybase
-Version:        0.7
+Version:        0.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A developer-friendly Python library to interact with Apache HBase
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Url:            https://github.com/wbolster/happybase
-Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/happybase/happybase-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/happybase/happybase-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  python-Sphinx
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools