[libgdata] Release version 0.17.8

[Philip Withnall <pwithnall src gnome org>]

commit 19f9f9420146bc51c7dc6dba2102c7d94bae149a
Author: Philip Withnall <withnall endlessm com>
Date:   Thu Apr 20 12:34:34 2017 +0100

    Release version 0.17.8
    
    Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <withnall endlessm com>

 NEWS         |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 configure.ac |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 54578dc..97d521a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+Overview of changes from libgdata 0.17.7 to libgdata 0.17.8
+===========================================================
+
+Major changes:
+ • Bump GLib dependency to 2.38.0 for G_TEST_DIST
+ • Bump libsoup dependency for tests to 2.55.90; the dependency if building
+   libgdata without tests is still 2.42.0
+ • Fix use of deprecated GTK+ API in the demos
+
+Bugs fixed:
+ • Bug 779641 — test_query_properties broken on i686
+ • Bug 780067 — Unable to sync Google Contacts
+ • Bug 780081 — libgdata 0.17.7 fails streams tests (unable to set up SSL cert)
+
+Updated translations:
+ • be (Yuras Shumovich)
+ • da (Alan Mortensen)
+ • el (Tom Tryfonidis)
+ • fi (Jiri Grönroos)
+ • gl (Fran Dieguez)
+ • oc (Cédric Valmary)
+ • ru (Yuri Myasoedov)
+
+
 Overview of changes from libgdata 0.17.6 to libgdata 0.17.7
 ===========================================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4231471..f0ccac7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ GDK_PIXBUF_MAX_ALLOWED=GDK_VERSION_2_14
 #  4. If any interfaces have been removed or changed since the last public release, then set age to 0.
 #
 # Note that versioning started at 2:0:0 to ensure no conflicts with e-d-s' libgdata library, whose maximum 
version was 1:0:0
-GDATA_LT_VERSION=24:0:2
+GDATA_LT_VERSION=24:1:2
 AC_SUBST(GDATA_LT_VERSION)
 
 GDATA_VERSION_MAJOR=gdata_version_major