diff --git a/pecan-0.7.0.tar.gz b/pecan-0.7.0.tar.gz
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-size 141540
diff --git a/pecan-0.8.3.tar.gz b/pecan-0.8.3.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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diff --git a/python-pecan.changes b/python-pecan.changes
index 859fdf7..8362165 100644
--- a/python-pecan.changes
+++ b/python-pecan.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 24 12:49:00 UTC 2015 - tbechtold@suse.com
+
+- update to 0.8.3
+  *Properly* detect Python < 3.3.
+  * Fix py32 support; importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader doesn't exist until
+    py33
+  * Version increment.
+  * Change pecan to more gracefully handle a few odd request encoding edge
+    cases.
+  * Document pecan.request.context
+  * Improve ImportError verbosity for configuration files.
+  * core: optimize renderer computing
+  * middleware.static: remove useless stored variable
+  * Version increment.
+  * Don't clone pecan-dependent projects from cgit.
+  * Allows multiple parameters to be converted to list
+  * tox: pass posargs to test command
+  * Corrects ouptut -> output in docs/source/hooks.rst
+  * Add documentation for generic REST controllers.
+  * Version increment.
+  * Improve detection of infinite recursion for PecanHook and pypy.
+  * Fix broken wsme-stable tests and remove some deprecated pip flags.
+  * Fix typo in description
+  * Only define remainder when not empty
+  * Fixes expose of staticmethod
+  * Version increment.
+  * Resolve a bug that mixes up argument order for generic functions.
+  * Fix a routing bug for generic subcontrollers.
+  * Remove `assert` for flow control; it can be optimized away with `python -O`.
+  * For HTTP POSTs, map JSON request bodies to controller keyword arguments.
+  * Improve argspec detection and leniency for wrapped controllers.
+  * When path arguments are incorrect for RestController, return HTTP 404, not
+    400.
+  * When detecting non-content for HTTP 204, properly catch UnicodeDecodeError.
+  * Fix a bug in generic function handling when context locals are disabled.
+  * Stop using distribute for Python 3 tests.
+  * Revert "Import run_cross_tests.sh from oslo-incubator"
+  * Add docs environment to tox.ini
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 10 19:31:21 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-pecan.spec b/python-pecan.spec
index 4eb4bb6..a73be72 100644
--- a/python-pecan.spec
+++ b/python-pecan.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pecan
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-pecan
-Version:        0.7.0
+Version:        0.8.3
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A WSGI object-dispatching web framework, designed to be lean and fast
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-six
 Requires:       python-Mako >= 0.4.0
 Requires:       python-WebOb >= 1.2dev
 Requires:       python-WebTest >= 1.3.1
-Requires:       python-logutils
+Requires:       python-logutils >= 0.3
 Requires:       python-singledispatch
 Requires:       python-six
 Suggests:       python-Jinja2