diff --git a/suse-xsl-stylesheets-2.0.7.2.tar.bz2 b/suse-xsl-stylesheets-2.0.7.2.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a3d38b..0000000
--- a/suse-xsl-stylesheets-2.0.7.2.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:f76f39c1c37232b133361fc72e21eed4ccdc323113d4934ae8f02c00f57a70f5
-size 1845091
diff --git a/suse-xsl-stylesheets-2.0.8.tar.bz2 b/suse-xsl-stylesheets-2.0.8.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a15f4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suse-xsl-stylesheets-2.0.8.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:235fce77571294440e0d1e3b97c213208076a3a643b250149279fea754413ad1
+size 2881259
diff --git a/suse-xsl-stylesheets.changes b/suse-xsl-stylesheets.changes
index dcce5fd..2e86459 100644
--- a/suse-xsl-stylesheets.changes
+++ b/suse-xsl-stylesheets.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,48 @@
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 28 08:12:14 UTC 2017 - thomas.schraitle@suse.com
+
+Stable release of the SUSE XSL stylesheets 2.0.8:
+
+Find issues in our GitHub tracker at
+https://github.com/openSUSE/suse-xsl/issues/NUMBER
+
+PDF only:
+* Support footnotes, requested by Stefan Quandt
+  (suse-xsl #313, suse-xsl #314)
+* No colons after type/number in languages other than English
+  (suse-xsl #334)
+
+HTML only:
+* Glossdiv Title: rendered in gray instead of green
+  (suse-xsl #350)
+
+PDF/HTML:
+* No more spaces at the end of titles in formalparas
+  (suse-xsl #288)
+* Intra xref to step doesn't work (suse-xsl #343)
+
+I18N:
+* ja: don't generate the word "book" in intra-xrefs (suse-xsl #323)
+* Correct German quotes (suse-xsl #324, suse-xsl #340)
+* glossseealso: "See Also" -> "See also" (suse-xsl #330)
+
+General:
+* Exclude drupal and db2mediawiki stylesheets as they are now
+  obsolete (suse-xsl #310, suse-xsl #312)
+* Check length of text content in screen (suse-xsl #328)
+* Validate stylesheets through Jing in Travis (suse-xsl #327,
+  suse-xsl #337, suse-xsl #342)
+
+Project/Spec File:
+* Use catalog.d mechanism and remove old XML catalog files, see
+  https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Packaging_XML_Schemas_and_Stylesheets#Add_XML_Catalog_Support
+* Fix susexsl-fetch-source-git script:
+  * Set timeout for wget
+  * Distinguish between detect an archive and extract one
+  * Make extraction more robust
+
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 16 11:19:51 UTC 2017 - sknorr@suse.com
 
diff --git a/suse-xsl-stylesheets.rpmlintrc b/suse-xsl-stylesheets.rpmlintrc
index 7f4db56..39c2a37 100644
--- a/suse-xsl-stylesheets.rpmlintrc
+++ b/suse-xsl-stylesheets.rpmlintrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 addFilter("explicit-lib-dependency libxslt")
 addFilter("explicit-lib-dependency liberation-fonts")
+addFilter("incorrect-fsf-address .*/hyphen/czhyphen.il2")
diff --git a/suse-xsl-stylesheets.spec b/suse-xsl-stylesheets.spec
index 5402362..82115b5 100644
--- a/suse-xsl-stylesheets.spec
+++ b/suse-xsl-stylesheets.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package suse-xsl-stylesheets
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 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:           suse-xsl-stylesheets
-Version:        2.0.7.2
+Version:        2.0.8
 Release:        0
 
 ###############################################################
@@ -63,14 +63,17 @@ BuildRequires:  xerces-j2
 BuildRequires:  fontpackages-devel
 BuildRequires:  trang
 
+# docbook_4/docbook_5 are required to be able to transform DocBook documents
+# that use predefined DocBook entities.
 Requires:       docbook_4
 Requires:       docbook_5
 Requires:       docbook-xsl-stylesheets >= 1.77
 Requires:       docbook5-xsl-stylesheets >= 1.77
 Requires:       libxslt
 Requires:       aspell-en
-
-Recommends:     daps
+Requires:       sgml-skel >= 0.7
+Requires(post): sgml-skel >= 0.7
+Requires(postun): sgml-skel >= 0.7
 
 
 #------
@@ -138,41 +141,44 @@ stylesheets are based on the original DocBook XSLT 1.0 stylesheets.
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}  LIBDIR=%{_libdir}
+make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} LIBDIR=%{_libdir}
 
 # create symlinks:
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}
 
 #----------------------
-
 %post
 # XML Catalogs
 #
-# remove existing entries first - needed for
+# remove old existing entries first - needed for
 # zypper in, since it does not call postun
 # delete ...
+
 if [ "2" = "$1" ]; then
   edit-xml-catalog --group --catalog %{_sysconfdir}/xml/suse-catalog.xml \
     --del %{name} || true
 fi
 
-# ... and (re)add it again
-edit-xml-catalog --group --catalog %{_sysconfdir}/xml/suse-catalog.xml \
-  --add %{_sysconfdir}/xml/%{susexsl_catalog}
+# ... and (re)add new catalogs
+update-xml-catalog
+
 %reconfigure_fonts_post
 exit 0
 
-#----------------------
 
 %postun
+update-xml-catalog
+
 if [ "0" = "$1" ]; then
   %reconfigure_fonts_post
+
   edit-xml-catalog --group --catalog %{_sysconfdir}/xml/suse-catalog.xml \
     --del %{name} || true
 fi
 
 exit 0
 
+
 #----------------------
 
 %posttrans
@@ -212,7 +218,7 @@ exit 0
 %{suse_styles_dir}/opensuse2013-ns/*
 
 # Catalogs
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/xml/*.xml
+%config %{_sysconfdir}/xml/catalog.d/%{name}.xml
 
 # Fonts
 %{_ttfontsdir}/*
diff --git a/susexsl-fetch-source-git b/susexsl-fetch-source-git
index ba6e07d..f812141 100644
--- a/susexsl-fetch-source-git
+++ b/susexsl-fetch-source-git
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function help {
 
 function download_archive {
  echo "Downloading archive:"
- (cd $TMPDIR && wget -nv $ARCHIVE_URL) || exit_on_error "Download of $ARCHIVE_URL failed"
+ (cd $TMPDIR && wget --connect-timeout=10 -nv $ARCHIVE_URL) || exit_on_error "Download of $ARCHIVE_URL failed"
 }
 
 function copy_archive {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function copy_archive {
   cp -v $ARCHIVE_URL $TMPDIR  || exit_on_error "Copying of $ARCHIVE_URL failed"
 }
 
-function unpack_archive {
+function detect_archive {
 case ${ARCHIVE_NAME##*.} in
     zip)
     UNPACK="unzip"
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ case ${ARCHIVE_NAME##*.} in
 esac
 }
 
+function unpack_archive {
+  SRC_DIR=${TMPDIR}/${PNAME}
+  pushd $TMPDIR
+  mkdir $PNAME
+  $UNPACK $ARCHIVE_NAME -C $PNAME --strip-components 1
+  [[ $? ]] || exit_on_error "Unpacking $ARCHIVE_NAME failed"
+  popd
+}
 #-----
 # MAIN
 #-----
@@ -96,53 +104,49 @@ fi
 
 if [[ ${ARCHIVE_URL} == http* ]]; then
   download_archive
-  unpack_archive
 else
-  copy_tar
+  copy_archive
 fi
 
 #-----------
 # Unpack archive
 #
+detect_archive
+unpack_archive
 
 
-
-SRC_DIR=${TMPDIR}/${PNAME}
-EXCLUDES=${SRC_DIR}/packaging/exclude-files_for_susexsl_package.txt
-
-(cd $TMPDIR && $UNPACK $ARCHIVE_NAME) || exit_on_error "Unpacking $ARCHIVE_NAME failed"
-
-mv ${TMPDIR}/${NAME}-${ARCHIVE_DIR}/ ${SRC_DIR}/
-
 #-----------
 # Get the version number
 #
-VERSION=$(egrep "^Version:\s*" ${SRC_DIR}/packaging/$SPECFILE | sed 's/^Version:\s*//')
+VERSION=$(egrep "^Version:\s*" ./$SPECFILE | sed 's/^Version:\s*//')
 
 if [[ -z $VERSION ]]; then
     exit_on_error "Couldn't get version number from spec-file."
 fi
 
+echo "Detected version=$VERSION"
+
 #-----------
 # Create the tarball
 #
 export BZIP2=--best
-tar cf ${PNAME}-${VERSION}.tar -C ${TMPDIR} \
-    --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES ${PNAME} || exit_on_error "Failed to create the tarball."
-bzip2 -9 ${PNAME}-${VERSION}.tar
+tar cf ${PNAME}-${VERSION}.tar -C ${TMPDIR} ${PNAME} || exit_on_error "Failed to create the tarball."
+bzip2 ${PNAME}-${VERSION}.tar
 
-echo "Successfully wrote source tarball ${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+echo "Successfully wrote source tarball ${PNAME}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 #
 # Copy the spec file if necessary
 #
-diff -q $SPECFILE ${SRC_DIR}/packaging/$SPECFILE >/dev/null
-if [[ 0 = $? ]]; then
-    echo "Spec file is up-to-date."
-else
-    cp ${SRC_DIR}/packaging/$SPECFILE . || exit_on_error "Failed to copy the specfile."
-    echo "Successfully updated the spec file."
+if [[ -e ${SRC_DIR}/packaging/$SPECFILE ]]; then
+    diff -q $SPECFILE ${SRC_DIR}/packaging/$SPECFILE >/dev/null
+    if [[ 0 = $? ]]; then
+        echo "Spec file is up-to-date."
+    else
+        cp ${SRC_DIR}/packaging/$SPECFILE . || exit_on_error "Failed to copy the specfile."
+        echo "Successfully updated the spec file."
+    fi
 fi
-    
+
 #rm -rf ${TMPDIR}
 
 exit 0