diff --git a/package.yml b/package.yml
--- a/package.yml
+++ b/package.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name       : vlc
-version    : 2.2.6
-release    : 43
+version    : 2.2.8
+release    : 44
 source     :
-    - https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/2.2.6/vlc-2.2.6.tar.xz : c403d3accd9a400eb2181c958f3e7bc5524fe5738425f4253d42883b425a42a8
+    - https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/2.2.8/vlc-2.2.8.tar.xz : 9bf046848fb56d93518881b39099b8288ee005d5ba0ddf705b6f6643b8d562ec
 license    :
     - LGPL-2.1
     - GPL-2.0
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
     - pkgconfig(dbus-1)
     - pkgconfig(dcadec)
     - pkgconfig(dvdnav)
-    - pkgconfig(dvdread)
-    - pkgconfig(freetype2)
     - pkgconfig(fribidi)
     - pkgconfig(gl)
     - pkgconfig(gnutls)
@@ -38,18 +36,16 @@
     - pkgconfig(libmpeg2)
     - pkgconfig(libmtp)
     - pkgconfig(libnotify)
-    - pkgconfig(libnotify)
     - pkgconfig(libpulse)
     - pkgconfig(librsvg-2.0)
     - pkgconfig(libssh2)
+    - pkgconfig(libturbojpeg)
     - pkgconfig(libupnp)
     - pkgconfig(libva-drm)
     - pkgconfig(lua-5.3)
-    - pkgconfig(ogg)
     - pkgconfig(opus)
     - pkgconfig(Qt5X11Extras)
     - pkgconfig(samplerate)
-    - pkgconfig(sdl)
     - pkgconfig(SDL_image)
     - pkgconfig(shout)
     - pkgconfig(smbclient)
@@ -63,21 +59,16 @@
     - pkgconfig(vpx)
     - pkgconfig(x264)
     - pkgconfig(x265)
-    - pkgconfig(xcb)
-    - pkgconfig(xcb-composite)
     - pkgconfig(xcb-keysyms)
-    - pkgconfig(xcb-xv)
     - pkgconfig(xext)
     - pkgconfig(xi)
-    - pkgconfig(xinerama)
     - pkgconfig(xpm)
     - pkgconfig(xproto)
-    - libmad-devel
+    - faad-devel
     - liba52dec-devel
     - libgcrypt-devel
-    - libjpeg-turbo-devel
+    - libmad-devel
     - live-media-devel
-    - faad-devel
 setup      : |
     %patch -p1 < $pkgfiles/use-gnu-libidn2-library.patch
     %patch -p1 < $pkgfiles/lua53_compat.patch
@@ -100,6 +91,7 @@
                --enable-libva \
                --enable-mad \
                --enable-realrtsp \
+               --enable-sftp \
                --enable-shout \
                --enable-twolame \
                --enable-vpx \
diff --git a/pspec_x86_64.xml b/pspec_x86_64.xml
--- a/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
     <Source>
         <Name>vlc</Name>
         <Packager>
-            <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
-            <Email>josephriches@gmail.com</Email>
+            <Name>Pierre-Yves</Name>
+            <Email>pyu@riseup.net</Email>
         </Packager>
         <License>LGPL-2.1</License>
         <License>GPL-2.0</License>
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 </Description>
         <PartOf>programming.devel</PartOf>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="41">vlc</Dependency>
+            <Dependency release="44">vlc</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="header">/usr/include/</Path>
@@ -450,12 +450,12 @@
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="41">
-            <Date>2017-11-06</Date>
-            <Version>2.2.6</Version>
+        <Update release="44">
+            <Date>2017-11-22</Date>
+            <Version>2.2.8</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
-            <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
-            <Email>josephriches@gmail.com</Email>
+            <Name>Pierre-Yves</Name>
+            <Email>pyu@riseup.net</Email>
         </Update>
     </History>
 </PISI>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test.patch b/test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pspec_x86_64.xml b/pspec_x86_64.xml
-new file mode 100644
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/pspec_x86_64.xml
-@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
-+<PISI>
-+    <Source>
-+        <Name>budgie-haste-applet</Name>
-+        <Packager>
-+            <Name>Joshua Strobl</Name>
-+            <Email>joshua@stroblindustries.com</Email>
-+        </Packager>
-+        <License>GPL-2.0</License>
-+        <PartOf>desktop.budgie</PartOf>
-+        <Summary xml:lang="en">Post any text, be it code or prose, to various services directly from your desktop.</Summary>
-+        <Description xml:lang="en">Post any text, be it code or prose, to various services directly from your desktop.
-+</Description>
-+        <Archive type="binary" sha1sum="79eb0752a961b8e0d15c77d298c97498fbc89c5a">https://solus-project.com/sources/README.Solus</Archive>
-+    </Source>
-+    <Package>
-+        <Name>budgie-haste-applet</Name>
-+        <Summary xml:lang="en">Post any text, be it code or prose, to various services directly from your desktop.</Summary>
-+        <Description xml:lang="en">Post any text, be it code or prose, to various services directly from your desktop.
-+</Description>
-+        <PartOf>desktop.budgie</PartOf>
-+        <Files>
-+            <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib64/budgie-desktop/plugins/budgie-haste-applet/HasteApplet.plugin</Path>
-+            <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib64/budgie-desktop/plugins/budgie-haste-applet/libhasteapplet.so</Path>
-+            <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/appdata/com.github.cybre.budgie-haste-applet.appdata.xml</Path>
-+            <Path fileType="data">/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.github.cybre.budgie-haste-applet.gschema.xml</Path>
-+            <Path fileType="localedata">/usr/share/locale</Path>
-+        </Files>
-+    </Package>
-+    <History>
-+        <Update release="1">
-+            <Date>2017-05-14</Date>
-+            <Version>0.2.9</Version>
-+            <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
-+            <Name>Joshua Strobl</Name>
-+            <Email>joshua@stroblindustries.com</Email>
-+        </Update>
-+    </History>
-+</PISI>
-\ No newline at end of file
-diff --git a/package.yml b/package.yml
-new file mode 100644
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/package.yml
-@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
-+name       : budgie-haste-applet
-+version    : 0.2.9
-+release    : 1
-+source     :
-+    - https://github.com/cybre/budgie-haste-applet/archive/v0.2.9.tar.gz : 6d9121bda449dfd84e8969561c8a9877648bc5b0970df78c998d41d8e82cdfc2
-+license    : GPL-2.0
-+component  : desktop.budgie
-+summary    : Post any text, be it code or prose, to various services directly from your desktop.
-+description: |
-+    Post any text, be it code or prose, to various services directly from your desktop.
-+builddeps  :
-+    - pkgconfig(budgie-1.0)
-+    - pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
-+    - pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4)
-+    - vala
-+setup      : |
-+    %meson_configure
-+build      : |
-+    %meson_build
-+install    : |
-+    %meson_install
-diff --git a/abi_used_libs b/abi_used_libs
-new file mode 100644
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/abi_used_libs
-@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
-+libbudgie-plugin.so.0
-+libc.so.6
-+libgdk-3.so.0
-+libgio-2.0.so.0
-+libglib-2.0.so.0
-+libgobject-2.0.so.0
-+libgtk-3.so.0
-+libjson-glib-1.0.so.0
-+libpeas-1.0.so.0
-+libpthread.so.0
-+libsoup-2.4.so.1
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-new file mode 100644
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -0,0 +1 @@
-+include ../Makefile.common
-