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PATCH: 5.0.8 notes



There ought to be more worth mentioning...

diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo
index eeb7c13..f9d052f 100644
--- a/Etc/FAQ.yo
+++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ sect(On what machines will it run?)
 
 sect(What's the latest version?)
 
-  Zsh 5.0.7 is the latest production version.  For details of all the
+  Zsh 5.0.8 is the latest production version.  For details of all the
   changes, see the NEWS file in the source distribution.
 
   A beta of the next version is sometimes available.  Development of zsh is
diff --git a/README b/README
index 94df2a5..d15d170 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,16 +5,11 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH)
 Version
 -------
 
-This is version 5.0.7 of the shell.  This is a stable release.
-There are minor new features as well as bug fixes since 5.0.6.
-
-Note in particular there is a security fix to disallow evaluation of the
-initial values of integer variables imported from the environment (they
-are instead treated as literal numbers).  That could allow local
-privilege escalation, under some specific and atypical conditions where
-zsh is being invoked in privilege elevation contexts when the
-environment has not been properly sanitized, such as when zsh is invoked
-by sudo on systems where "env_reset" has been disabled.
+This is version 5.0.8 of the shell.  This is a stable release.
+There are no significant new features since 5.0.6, but there
+are many bugfixes and some significant internal improvements, notably
+a more predictable effect for keyboard interrupts and proper parsing
+of $(...) expressions.
 
 Installing Zsh
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