dnl initialization
dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AC_INIT([wxWidgets], [2.7.1], [wx-dev@lists.wxwidgets.org])
+AC_INIT([wxWidgets], [2.8.0], [wx-dev@lists.wxwidgets.org])
dnl the file passed to AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR should be specific to our package
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([wx-config.in])
dnl wx_release_number += 1
wx_major_version_number=2
-wx_minor_version_number=7
-wx_release_number=2
+wx_minor_version_number=8
+wx_release_number=0
wx_subrelease_number=0
WX_RELEASE=$wx_major_version_number.$wx_minor_version_number