diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad01404a1378d93dbc1f6817a3979a9c0685884f..a263a2aa22b0f94c176844d992f3f072aabde6d5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ doc/_build/*
 *.log
 test_*.py
 *.test
+/ccnode/geany_run_script.sh
diff --git a/ccnode/__init__.py b/ccnode/__init__.py
index 3dbbd7488e2fa0e6cf7a4f6f026ef1683ec62a3d..a263d419836af2112dcd9b1e2d4662b683ddecef 100644
--- a/ccnode/__init__.py
+++ b/ccnode/__init__.py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ TODO : rewrite based on older doc
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '8~dev+revamp'
+__version__ = '8'
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 160aa547914dd9ba9c7c93abb06e8fd0c8b4c9b7..ded367b46fc936a31ad58e7dd79cf17d00cf3888 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+cc-node (8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Huge rewrite of libvirt wrapper and server handler
+  * Add new hardware-related tags
+  * Basecode ready for Xen integration
+
+ -- Thibault VINCENT <thibault.vincent@smartjog.com>  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:49:28 +0100
+
 cc-node (7) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New tags implemented for HV and VM