diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78b0688..1b8498b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /nodejs-packaging-fedora-4.tar.xz
 /nodejs-packaging-fedora-6.tar.xz
 /nodejs-packaging-fedora-7.tar.xz
+/nodejs-packaging-fedora-8.tar.xz
diff --git a/nodejs-packaging-caret.patch b/nodejs-packaging-caret.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6be8316..0000000
--- a/nodejs-packaging-caret.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-commit 36e6f21081588f54b15c059e67576451ff457cdf
-Author: Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>
-Date:   Mon Nov 16 17:20:04 2015 +0000
-
-    nodejs-symlink-deps: handle caret in versions
-
-diff --git a/nodejs-symlink-deps b/nodejs-symlink-deps
-index 624293d..f984e3b 100755
---- a/nodejs-symlink-deps
-+++ b/nodejs-symlink-deps
-@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def symlink_deps(deps, check):
-             
-         for dep, ver in deps.iteritems():
-             if dep in mvpkgs and ver != '' and ver != '*':
--                depver = ver.lstrip('~').split('.')[0]
-+                depver = ver.lstrip('~^').split('.')[0]
-                 target = os.path.join(sitelib, '{0}@{1}'.format(dep, depver))
-             else:
-                 target = os.path.join(sitelib, dep)
diff --git a/nodejs-packaging.spec b/nodejs-packaging.spec
index 5495254..23f51dd 100644
--- a/nodejs-packaging.spec
+++ b/nodejs-packaging.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 %global macrosdir %(d=%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d; [ -d $d ] || d=%{_sysconfdir}/rpm; echo $d)
 
 Name:           nodejs-packaging
-Version:        7
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM Macros and Utilities for Node.js Packaging
 BuildArch:      noarch
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Node.js/Packagers
 Source0:        https://fedorahosted.org/released/%{name}/%{name}-fedora-%{version}.tar.xz
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120868
-Patch0:         nodejs-packaging-caret.patch
 ExclusiveArch:  %{nodejs_arches} noarch
 
 #nodejs-devel before 0.10.12 provided these macros and owned /usr/share/node
@@ -20,13 +18,15 @@ Requires:       redhat-rpm-config
 This package contains RPM macros and other utilities useful for packaging
 Node.js modules and applications in RPM-based distributions.
 
+
 %prep
-%setup -qn %{name}-fedora-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1
+%autosetup -p 1 -n %{name}-fedora-%{version}
+
 
 %build
 #nothing to do
 
+
 %install
 install -Dpm0644 macros.nodejs %{buildroot}%{macrosdir}/macros.nodejs
 install -Dpm0644 nodejs.attr %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/fileattrs/nodejs.attr
@@ -36,14 +36,21 @@ install -pm0755 nodejs-symlink-deps %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/nodejs-symlink-
 install -pm0755 nodejs-fixdep %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/nodejs-fixdep
 install -Dpm0644 multiver_modules %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/node/multiver_modules
 
+
 %files
+%license LICENSE
 %{macrosdir}/macros.nodejs
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/fileattrs/nodejs*.attr
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/nodejs*
 %{_datadir}/node/multiver_modules
-%doc LICENSE
+
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jan 31 2016 Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu> - 8-1
+- nodejs-fixdep: add --move option
+- nodejs-symlink-deps: add --optional option
+- req: generate suggests for optional dependencies
+
 * Mon Nov 16 2015 Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu> - 7-5
 - nodejs-symlink-deps: handle caret in versions
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index af7265c..7e489e9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-92ee2847b0754ddeefef1972adeb7279  nodejs-packaging-fedora-7.tar.xz
+765560d616f6b78fc5e54aa6d9fa146e  nodejs-packaging-fedora-8.tar.xz