updated for version 7.4a.008
Problem:    Python 3 doesn't handle multibyte characters prooperly when
            'encoding' is not utf-8.
Solution:   Use PyUnicode_Decode() instead of PyUnicode_FromString(). (Ken
            Takata)
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 02086c7..5f8df77 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    8,
+/**/
     7,
 /**/
     6,