diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 03989862..285a0e69 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+linkchecker (2.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:00:29 +0200
+
 linkchecker (2.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fcdf05cb..08bcbb2d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ from distutils import util, log
 # cross compile config
 cc = os.environ.get("CC")
 # directory with cross compiled (for win32) python
-# see also http://kampfwurst.net/python-mingw32/
 win_python_dir = "/home/calvin/src/python23-maint-cvs/dist/src/"
 # if we are compiling for or under windows
 win_compiling = (os.name == 'nt') or (cc is not None and "mingw32" in cc)
@@ -358,7 +357,7 @@ elif os.name == 'nt':
              ]))
 
 setup (name = "linkchecker",
-       version = "2.7",
+       version = "2.8",
        description = "check websites and HTML documents for broken links",
        keywords = "link,url,checking,verfication",
        author = myname,