From 2e2ab4b69c324c6e324780bbe73a0d2f8ea86e09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 22:02:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Post release updates

--
---
 NEWS         | 4 ++++
 configure.ac | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 066c36cce..0de8d0b14 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.8 (unreleased)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.7 (2018-05-02)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e94bd30c4..59a2e6084 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.14"
 m4_define([mym4_package],[gnupg])
 m4_define([mym4_major], [2])
 m4_define([mym4_minor], [2])
-m4_define([mym4_micro], [7])
+m4_define([mym4_micro], [8])
 
 # To start a new development series, i.e a new major or minor number
 # you need to mark an arbitrary commit before the first beta release