diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c790b44..483014b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 New Features:
 
 Bugs:
-
+- [bugs:#2730] back out original patch
+- [bugs:#2730] redo: More memory leaks in backend/cimxml/grammer.c
 
 Changes in 2.2.7
 ================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6ef5c42..2ce41a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(sblim-sfcc, 2.2.8-preview, sblim-devel@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(sblim-sfcc, 2.2.8, sblim-devel@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([cimc/cimcclient.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])