diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d0e02cd..2dc89cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 clog
 /wordpress-3.7.tar.gz
 /wordpress-3.7.1.tar.gz
+/wordpress-3.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.fedora.wordpress b/README.fedora.wordpress
index 20f8739..7fdb058 100644
--- a/README.fedora.wordpress
+++ b/README.fedora.wordpress
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Wordpress is a database driven blogging program designed to make it exceedingly
 easy to publish an online blog, sometimes also called a weblog or journal.
 
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ open a web browser to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php and
 follow the instructions given to you on the pages you see to set up the 
 database tables and begin publishing your blog.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Wordpress ships with Flash and Silverlight plugins for the 'plupload' file
 uploader and the 'mediaelement' media player embedder. The idea is to try and
 be able to provide a multi-file uploader and an embedded video player when
@@ -64,3 +68,19 @@ b) If you try to embed media into a Wordpress post using the [video] and
 a browser that has HTML5 support for the media format in question; if not, the
 'Download Media' link will be offered. No Flash or Silverlight-based player
 element will be included.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Optional dependencies:
+
+You may wish to install the following packages:
+
+	php-pecl-imagick: optimize image transformation
+	php-pecl-ssh2: for file transfert using ssh
+
+An opcode cache is also recommended:
+	php 5.5: php-opcache
+	php 5.4: php-pecl-zendopcache
+	php 5.3: php-pecl-apc
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9fc516f..bcc3eca 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8af9a4885ad134d354eb5f12dcc17fd9  wordpress-3.7.1.tar.gz
+0999d444137ecc4a36355403a67096e4  wordpress-3.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/wordpress.spec b/wordpress.spec
index b60962f..c60d6ef 100644
--- a/wordpress.spec
+++ b/wordpress.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+%{!?_pkgdocdir: %global _pkgdocdir %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}}
 %global wp_content %{_datadir}/wordpress/wp-content
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} == 5
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 Summary:    Blog tool and publishing platform
 URL:        http://www.wordpress.org
 Name:       wordpress
-Version:    3.7.1
+Version:    3.8
 Group:      Applications/Publishing
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 License:    GPLv2
@@ -46,15 +47,16 @@ Requires: php53-simplepie >= 1.3.1
 Requires: php >= 5.2.4
 Requires: php-simplepie >= 1.3.1
 %endif
-# Required php extension (detected by phpcompatinfo)
+# From phpcompatinfo report for version 3.8
 Requires: php-curl
 Requires: php-date
 Requires: php-dom
 Requires: php-enchant
-# not yet available for RHEL Requires: php-ereg
+Requires: php-ereg
 Requires: php-exif
 Requires: php-fileinfo
-# not yet available for RHEL Requires: php-filter
+Requires: php-ftp
+Requires: php-gd
 Requires: php-gettext
 Requires: php-hash
 Requires: php-iconv
@@ -64,13 +66,12 @@ Requires: php-mbstring
 Requires: php-mysql
 Requires: php-openssl
 Requires: php-pcre
-Requires: php-pdo
 Requires: php-posix
-Requires: php-reflection
 Requires: php-simplexml
 Requires: php-sockets
 Requires: php-spl
 Requires: php-tokenizer
+Requires: php-xml
 Requires: php-zip
 Requires: php-zlib
 # Unbundled libraries
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ Obsoletes: wordpress-mu < 2.9.3
 Wordpress is an online publishing / weblog package that makes it very easy,
 almost trivial, to get information out to people on the web.
 
+Important information in %{_pkgdocdir}/README.fedora
+
+
 %prep
 %setup -q -n wordpress
 
@@ -220,6 +224,13 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/wordpress
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 16 2013 Remi Collet <rcollet@redhat.com> - 3.8-1
+- update to 3.8 “Parker” #1043104
+- link to README.fedora in package description
+- add note about optional packages #1037516
+- add php dependencies: ereg, ftp, gd, xml
+- del php dependencies: pdo, reflection
+
 * Wed Oct 30 2013 Remi Collet <rcollet@redhat.com> - 3.7.1-1
 - update to 3.7.1 (bugfixes)