diff --git a/gramps/NEWS b/gramps/NEWS
index b4976c73f..b83c03ea3 100644
--- a/gramps/NEWS
+++ b/gramps/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Version 0.8.0
+* Addiition of ZODB support. Support is still preliminary, and not
+  as feature full as the XML support. Requires python 2.1 or higher,
+  so not a good solution for RedHat users, unless the which to compile
+  the python and python-gnome libraries. (RH7.3 ships with python2.2,
+  but that version is tied to an early beta of the GNOME 2 libraries)
+* New build structure from David Hampton.
+* Significant improvement in speed with the GEDCOM export.
+* Enhanced web page generation.
+* Fixed Mandrake 8.2/imlib problem the could cause GRAMPS to fail to
+  run under Mandrake 8.2.
+* Better importing of GEDCOM ids.
+* Better handling of sources/source entry
+* Better handling of exception conditions.
+* Bug fixes.
+
 Version 0.7.3
 * New Russian (Alex Roitman) and Danish (Lars Lundin) translations.
   GRAMPS now supports English, Italian, German, French, Spanish,
@@ -359,4 +375,4 @@ Version 0.1.2
 * Fixed a bug in the relationship calculator that caused a traceback
   when the person selected was a direct ancestor of the active person.
 * Added the suffix field to the alternate name entry on the Edit Person
-  form.
\ No newline at end of file
+  form.
diff --git a/gramps/configure b/gramps/configure
index 977a4a84a..0863e5a3d 100755
--- a/gramps/configure
+++ b/gramps/configure
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM="\${SHELL} \$(install_sh) -c -s"
 
 
 
-RELEASE=rc5
+RELEASE=1
 
 VERSIONSTRING=$VERSION
 if test x"$RELEASE" != "x"
diff --git a/gramps/gramps.spec b/gramps/gramps.spec
index 2d7b87e89..7271e91df 100644
--- a/gramps/gramps.spec
+++ b/gramps/gramps.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %define ver      0.8.0
-%define rel      rc5
+%define rel      1
 %define prefix   /usr
 
 Summary: Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.
diff --git a/gramps/src/const.py b/gramps/src/const.py
index ee87bd947..b6dc91e51 100644
--- a/gramps/src/const.py
+++ b/gramps/src/const.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ startup        = 1
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 progName     = "GRAMPS"
-version      = "0.8.0-rc5"
+version      = "0.8.0-1"
 copyright    = "© 2001-2002 Donald N. Allingham"
 authors      = ["Donald N. Allingham", "David Hampton","Donald A. Peterson"]
 comments     = _("GRAMPS (Genealogical Research and Analysis "