From b4511ec429de5e31300da817b2f8c530ea31f7be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:59:54 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Bump version for re-release

---
 Changelog.txt            | 4 +++-
 src/calibre/constants.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index 4cfe059487..ba2bd2818a 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # - title by author
 # }}}
 
-{{{ 8.0.0 2025-03-21
+{{{ 8.0.1 2025-03-21
 
 :: new features
 
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 
 - [2098620] Metadata download: Publisher/series transform rules: Fix values with commas in them not working
 
+- Version 8.0.1 fixes a failure to start on systems where the user had previously installed the KoboTouchExtended plugin and disabled the builtin KoboTouch driver
+
 :: improved recipes
 - Linux Weekly News
 - Spectator
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 3c33464480..7f86562820 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 from polyglot.builtins import environ_item, hasenv
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (8, 0, 0)
+numeric_version = (8, 0, 1)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(str, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = 'Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'