add a changelog entry for 1.8-1

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index df4596414668b493a19726481e7596bcb90eab68..7a246270544b986cfb559a9125fa24282c0c9117 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gzip (1.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * new upstream version, closes: #855839
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:50:07 -0700
+
 gzip (1.6-5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * stop including date in manual to enable reproducible builds,