diff --git a/iso-codes-1.8.tar.bz2 b/iso-codes-1.8.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57d77ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iso-codes-1.8.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:65921a9975ef99acb527e677b596b4ffa745c1f09ccdfa8f78ca1c3a6da69d3d
+size 6592804
diff --git a/iso-codes.changes b/iso-codes.changes
index 60d786d..f50c641 100644
--- a/iso-codes.changes
+++ b/iso-codes.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 31 17:01:00 CET 2008 - rodrigo@suse.de
+
+- Update to version 1.8:
+  * Added 'Pashto' as alternative for ps 
+  * Remove attribute "alpha_2_code" from some entries, as the
+    information is included in the first two letters of the
+    "alpha_4_code"
+  * Fix typos in LR-GB and LV-JK
+  * Complete the list with modifications from the ISO-3166 MA
+    newsletter I-9 of 2007-11-28
+  * Add missing subset information
+  * GWP removed from the non-historic section
+  * SVC removed from the historic section
+  * Add Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin (French part) according to
+    ISO-3166-1 newsletter VI-1, dated 2007-09-21
+  * Update translations
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr  6 12:56:32 CEST 2007 - sbrabec@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/iso-codes.spec b/iso-codes.spec
index 2d06df1..17881e9 100644
--- a/iso-codes.spec
+++ b/iso-codes.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
-# spec file for package iso-codes (Version 1.0a)
+# spec file for package iso-codes (Version 1.8)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
 # package are under the same license as the package itself.
 #
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@
 
 Name:           iso-codes
 BuildRequires:  pyxml
-License:        GNU Library General Public License v. 2.0 and 2.1 (LGPL)
+License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          System/GUI/GNOME
-Autoreqprov:    on
-Version:        1.0a
+AutoReqProv:    on
+Version:        1.8
 Release:        1
 Summary:        ISO Code Lists and Translations
 # http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/iso-codes.html
-Source:         %{name}_%{version}.tar.bz2
-URL:            http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-isocodes/
+Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Url:            http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-isocodes/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildArchitectures: noarch
+BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
 This package provides the ISO-639 language code list, the ISO-3166
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-rm -v */no.*
-rm -v */*/no.*
 
 %build
-./autogen.sh --prefix=%{_prefix}
+./configure --prefix=%{_prefix}
 make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
 
 %install
@@ -77,6 +75,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc ChangeLog LGPL-2.1 README TODO
 %defattr (-, root, root)
 %{_datadir}/iso-codes
+%{_datadir}/locale/*
 %{_datadir}/xml/iso-codes
 
 %files devel
@@ -84,29 +83,44 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/iso-codes.pc
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Apr 06 2007 - sbrabec@suse.cz
+* Thu Jan 31 2008 rodrigo@suse.de
+- Update to version 1.8:
+  * Added 'Pashto' as alternative for ps
+  * Remove attribute "alpha_2_code" from some entries, as the
+  information is included in the first two letters of the
+  "alpha_4_code"
+  * Fix typos in LR-GB and LV-JK
+  * Complete the list with modifications from the ISO-3166 MA
+  newsletter I-9 of 2007-11-28
+  * Add missing subset information
+  * GWP removed from the non-historic section
+  * SVC removed from the historic section
+  * Add Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin (French part) according to
+  ISO-3166-1 newsletter VI-1, dated 2007-09-21
+  * Update translations
+* Fri Apr 06 2007 sbrabec@suse.cz
 - Updated to version 1.0a:
   * Many data updates.
   * Support for ISO-639-3.
   * Stable version.
-* Mon Jan 08 2007 - sbrabec@suse.cz
+* Mon Jan 08 2007 sbrabec@suse.cz
 - Spec file cleanup.
-* Sun Mar 05 2006 - aj@suse.de
+* Sun Mar 05 2006 aj@suse.de
 - removed "tt" directories since they are in filesystem now.
-* Wed Jan 25 2006 - mls@suse.de
+* Wed Jan 25 2006 mls@suse.de
 - converted neededforbuild to BuildRequires
-* Mon Jan 16 2006 - sbrabec@suse.cz
+* Mon Jan 16 2006 sbrabec@suse.cz
 - Updated to version 0.49.
-* Thu Jan 05 2006 - ro@suse.de
+* Thu Jan 05 2006 ro@suse.de
 - removed "fo" directories (in filesystem)
-* Thu Sep 29 2005 - dmueller@suse.de
+* Thu Sep 29 2005 dmueller@suse.de
 - add norootforbuild
-* Wed Aug 03 2005 - sbrabec@suse.cz
+* Wed Aug 03 2005 sbrabec@suse.cz
 - Updated to version 0.47.
-* Mon Jun 27 2005 - sbrabec@suse.cz
+* Mon Jun 27 2005 sbrabec@suse.cz
 - Bi-arch fix.
-* Wed Jun 22 2005 - gekker@suse.de
+* Wed Jun 22 2005 gekker@suse.de
 - Fix the file lists
 - Patch the Makefile
-* Tue Jun 21 2005 - gekker@suse.de
+* Tue Jun 21 2005 gekker@suse.de
 - Initial import of iso-codes version 0.25
diff --git a/iso-codes_1.0a.tar.bz2 b/iso-codes_1.0a.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c62eed..0000000
--- a/iso-codes_1.0a.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:711a3839844db06320095bce9427f9da7b014aeb8188f13512e3763c2e0dd734
-size 4533190