diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fdc0870..eac20ef 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # process this file with autoconf to get a configure script
 
 AC_INIT(Makefile.am)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libraw1394, 0.7)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libraw1394, 0.8)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void *, 8)
 
 # set the libtool so version numbers
-lt_major=4
+lt_major=5
 lt_revision=0
-lt_age=0
+lt_age=1
 
 AC_SUBST(lt_major)
 AC_SUBST(lt_revision)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d5d7b82..d4f41f5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+libraw1394 (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New libraw1394 release.
+  * ldconfig is done in postinst (now lintian clean).
+  * /dev/raw1394 is created if it doesn't exist.
+
+ -- Andreas Bombe <andreas.bombe@munich.netsurf.de>  Fri, 24 Nov 2000 02:06:08 +0100
+
 libraw1394 (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * First unofficial Debian release.