diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 146d6035..f9161fe7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,7 +7,32 @@
 
 ---
 
-## 0.7 (current master/dev)
+## 0.8 (current master/dev)
+
+#### 0.8.0
+
+- added dependency on PlotUtils
+- BREAKING: removed DataFrames support (now in StatPlots.jl)
+- BREAKING: removed boxplot/violin/density recipes (now in StatPlots.jl)
+- GR:
+    - inline iterm2 support
+    - trisurface support
+    - heatmap fix
+- PyPlot:
+    - ijulia display fix
+- GLVisualize:
+    - first try with shapes
+- iter_segments improvements
+- bar_width support
+- horizontal bars
+- improve tick display
+- better shape handling in pyplot, plotly
+- improved padding calcs
+- internal reorg of _plots method, add pipeline.jl
+
+---
+
+## 0.7
 
 #### 0.7.5
 
diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index dcea3374..b6ff1e71 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -690,6 +690,13 @@ function preprocessArgs!(d::KW)
     if haskey(d, :colorbar)
         d[:colorbar] = convertLegendValue(d[:colorbar])
     end
+
+    # warnings for moved recipes
+    st = get(d, :seriestype, :path)
+    if st in (:boxplot, :violin, :density) && !isdefined(Main, :StatPlots)
+        warn("seriestype $st has been moved to StatPlots.  To use: \`Pkg.add(\"StatPlots\"); using StatPlots\`")
+    end
+
     return
 end
 
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index 6318b47c..df4540af 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ default(size=(500,300))
 # TODO: use julia's Condition type and the wait() and notify() functions to initialize a Window, then wait() on a condition that
 #       is referenced in a button press callback (the button clicked callback will call notify() on that condition)
 
-const _current_plots_version = v"0.7.6"
+const _current_plots_version = v"0.8.0"
 
 
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)
diff --git a/test/travis_commands.jl b/test/travis_commands.jl
index 4edfabeb..aa36ee50 100644
--- a/test/travis_commands.jl
+++ b/test/travis_commands.jl
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
-# Pkg.clone(pwd())
-# Pkg.build("Plots")
-
 Pkg.clone("ImageMagick")
 Pkg.build("ImageMagick")
 
 Pkg.clone("GR")
 Pkg.build("GR")
 
-# Pkg.clone("https://github.com/JuliaPlots/RecipesBase.jl.git")
-# Pkg.clone("https://github.com/tbreloff/ExamplePlots.jl.git");
 Pkg.clone("https://github.com/JuliaPlots/PlotReferenceImages.jl.git")
-Pkg.clone("https://github.com/JuliaPlots/PlotUtils.jl.git")
 
 Pkg.clone("https://github.com/JuliaStats/KernelDensity.jl.git")
 
@@ -20,11 +14,11 @@ Pkg.clone("https://github.com/JuliaStats/KernelDensity.jl.git")
 # Blink.AtomShell.install()
 # Pkg.clone("https://github.com/spencerlyon2/PlotlyJS.jl.git")
 
-Pkg.checkout("RecipesBase")
+# Pkg.checkout("RecipesBase")
 Pkg.clone("VisualRegressionTests")
 
-ENV["PYTHON"] = ""
-Pkg.add("PyPlot")
-Pkg.build("PyPlot")
+# ENV["PYTHON"] = ""
+# Pkg.add("PyPlot")
+# Pkg.build("PyPlot")
 
 Pkg.test("Plots"; coverage=false)