diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5660394..dd65949 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ m17n-db-1.6.1.tar.gz
 /m17n-db-1.7.0.tar.gz
 /inscript2-20160423.tar.gz
 /minglish.mim
+/m17n-db-1.8.0RC.tar.gz
diff --git a/m17n-db-1.6.5-number_pad_itrans-222634.patch b/m17n-db-1.6.5-number_pad_itrans-222634.patch
index fd1d8e6..ca96024 100644
--- a/m17n-db-1.6.5-number_pad_itrans-222634.patch
+++ b/m17n-db-1.6.5-number_pad_itrans-222634.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/as-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/as-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/as-itrans.mim	2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/as-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:43:43.608461146 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/as-itrans.mim.old MIM/as-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/as-itrans.mim.old 2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
++++ MIM/as-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:43:43.608461146 +0530
 @@ -142,6 +142,11 @@
    ((KP_8) "৮")
    ((KP_9) "৯")
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/as-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/as-itrans.mim
    ((S-\ ) "‌")
    ((C-@) "‍"))
  
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/gu-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/gu-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/gu-itrans.mim	2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/gu-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:44:15.069380103 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/gu-itrans.mim.old MIM/gu-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/gu-itrans.mim.old 2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
++++ MIM/gu-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:44:15.069380103 +0530
 @@ -143,6 +143,11 @@
    ((KP_8) "૮")
    ((KP_9) "૯")
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/gu-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/gu-itrans.mim
    ((S-\ ) "‌")				; not in ITRANS Gujarati table
    ((C-@) "‍"))				; not in ITRANS Gujarati table
  
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/hi-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/hi-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/hi-itrans.mim	2013-11-09 14:48:20.000000000 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/hi-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:50:10.952215133 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/hi-itrans.mim.old MIM/hi-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/hi-itrans.mim.old 2013-11-09 14:48:20.000000000 +0530
++++ MIM/hi-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:50:10.952215133 +0530
 @@ -229,7 +229,12 @@
    ((KP_6) "६")
    ((KP_7) "७")
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/hi-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/hi-itrans.mim
  
   (dependent
    ("a" (delete @-) "")
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/kn-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/kn-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/kn-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:51:21.086953700 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/kn-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:47:10.035916349 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/kn-itrans.mim.old MIM/kn-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/kn-itrans.mim.old 2014-01-27 19:51:21.086953700 +0530
++++ MIM/kn-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:47:10.035916349 +0530
 @@ -251,6 +251,11 @@
    ((KP_8) "೮")
    ((KP_9) "೯")
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/kn-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/kn-itrans.mim
    ((S-\ ) "‌")				; not in ITRANS Kannada table
    ((C-@) "‍"))				; not in ITRANS Kannada table
  
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/ml-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/ml-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/ml-itrans.mim	2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/ml-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:46:50.472981057 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/ml-itrans.mim.old MIM/ml-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/ml-itrans.mim.old 2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
++++ MIM/ml-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:46:50.472981057 +0530
 @@ -175,6 +175,11 @@
    ((KP_8) "൮")
    ((KP_9) "൯")
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/ml-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/ml-itrans.mim
    ((S-\ ) "‌")
    ((C-@) "‍"))
  
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/or-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/or-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/or-itrans.mim	2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/or-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:46:33.923023456 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/or-itrans.mim.old MIM/or-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/or-itrans.mim.old 2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
++++ MIM/or-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:46:33.923023456 +0530
 @@ -143,6 +143,11 @@
    ((KP_8) "୮")
    ((KP_9) "୯")
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/or-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/or-itrans.mim
    ((S-\ ) "‌")
    ((C-@) "‍"))
  
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/pa-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/pa-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/pa-itrans.mim	2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/pa-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:46:13.724075235 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/pa-itrans.mim.old MIM/pa-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/pa-itrans.mim.old 2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
++++ MIM/pa-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:46:13.724075235 +0530
 @@ -136,6 +136,11 @@
    ((KP_8) "੮")
    ((KP_9) "੯")
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/pa-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/pa-itrans.mim
    ((S-\ ) "‌")				; not in ITRANS Gurmukhi table
    ((C-@) "‍"))				; not in ITRANS Gurmukhi table
  
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/ta-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/ta-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/ta-itrans.mim	2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/ta-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:45:52.657129275 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/ta-itrans.mim.old MIM/ta-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/ta-itrans.mim.old 2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
++++ MIM/ta-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:45:52.657129275 +0530
 @@ -130,6 +130,11 @@
    ((KP_8) "௮")
    ((KP_9) "௯")
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/ta-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/ta-itrans.mim
    ((S-\ ) "‌")				; not in ITRANS Tamil table
    ((C-@) "‍")				; not in ITRANS Tamil table
    ("SRI" "ஶ்ரீ"))
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/te-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/te-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.6.5/MIM/te-itrans.mim	2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.6.5.new/MIM/te-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:44:51.452286491 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/te-itrans.mim.old MIM/te-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/te-itrans.mim.old 2013-05-23 18:22:04.000000000 +0530
++++ MIM/te-itrans.mim	2014-01-27 19:44:51.452286491 +0530
 @@ -146,6 +146,11 @@
    ((KP_8) "౮")
    ((KP_9) "౯")
diff --git a/m17n-db-1.7.0-fix-e-o-mappings.patch b/m17n-db-1.7.0-fix-e-o-mappings.patch
index 2221aa2..3ad48bb 100644
--- a/m17n-db-1.7.0-fix-e-o-mappings.patch
+++ b/m17n-db-1.7.0-fix-e-o-mappings.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -urN m17n-db-1.7.0.old/MIM/gu-itrans.mim m17n-db-1.7.0/MIM/gu-itrans.mim
---- m17n-db-1.7.0/MIM/gu-itrans.mim	2015-08-24 22:30:15.723875911 +0530
-+++ m17n-db-1.7.0.new/MIM/gu-itrans.mim	2015-08-24 22:32:56.198910959 +0530
+diff -urN MIM/gu-itrans.mim.old MIM/gu-itrans.mim
+--- MIM/gu-itrans.mim.old	2015-08-24 22:30:15.723875911 +0530
++++ MIM/gu-itrans.mim	2015-08-24 22:32:56.198910959 +0530
 @@ -166,11 +166,13 @@
    ("RRI" (delete @-) "ૄ")		; not in ITRANS Gujarati table
    ("R^I" (delete @-) "ૄ")		; not in ITRANS Gujarati table
diff --git a/m17n-db.spec b/m17n-db.spec
index bc73ea8..936c887 100644
--- a/m17n-db.spec
+++ b/m17n-db.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Name:       m17n-db
 Summary:    Multilingualization datafiles for m17n-lib
-Version:    1.7.0
-Release:    9%{?dist}
+Version:    1.8.0
+Release:    0.1.RC1%{?dist}
 License:    LGPLv2+
 URL:        http://www.nongnu.org/m17n
-Source0:    http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/m17n/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:    http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/m17n/%{name}-%{version}RC.tar.gz
 ## Till the Inscript2 gets upstreamed in m17n-db, use this source
-Source1:    https://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/n/inscript2/inscript2-20160423.tar.gz
+Source1:    http://releases.pagure.org/inscript2/inscript2-20160423.tar.gz
 # Following is awaiting for upstream commit
 Source2:    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnuman/m17n-inglish-mims/master/minglish/minglish.mim
 BuildArch:  noarch
@@ -47,45 +47,41 @@ m17n-db development files
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q 
-pushd MIM
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
-%patch3 -p2
-%patch4 -p2
-popd
+%autosetup -p0 -n %{name}-%{version}RC
 
 ##extract inscript2 maps
 tar xzf %{SOURCE1}
 
+# Following fixes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487512
+sed -i 's/ ("ld" "སྡ")/ ("ld" "ལྡ")/g' MIM/bo-ewts.mim
+
 %build
 %configure
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="install -p"
+make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} INSTALL="install -p"
 
 # don't ship unijoy map for now
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/m17n/bn-unijoy.mim
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/m17n/icons/bn-unijoy.png
+rm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/m17n/bn-unijoy.mim
+rm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/m17n/icons/bn-unijoy.png
 
 #removing ispell.mim for rh#587927
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/m17n/ispell.mim
+rm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/m17n/ispell.mim
 
 #install inscript2 keymaps
-pwd
-cp -p inscript2/IM/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/m17n/
-cp -p inscript2/icons/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/m17n/icons
+cp -p inscript2/IM/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/m17n/
+cp -p inscript2/icons/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/m17n/icons
 
 # install minglish keymap
-cp -p %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/m17n
+cp -p %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/m17n
 
 # For installing the translation files
 %find_lang %name
 
 %files 
-%doc AUTHORS COPYING README
+%doc AUTHORS README
+%license COPYING
 %dir %{_datadir}/m17n
 %{_datadir}/m17n/mdb.dir
 %{_datadir}/m17n/*.tbl
@@ -136,6 +132,10 @@ cp -p %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/m17n
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/m17n-db.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 03 2018 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 1.8.0-0.1.RC1
+- Update to 1.8.0 (#1523967)
+- Resolves:rh#1487512 - Can't enter words beginning "ld" with Tibetan-ewts keyboard
+
 * Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.0-9
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 17bdcf1..a2bee05 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-0a320d3cf955abba459e51161fc91236  m17n-db-1.7.0.tar.gz
-789a0db5def177ac01ba6d490aad7f92  inscript2-20160423.tar.gz
-c456a47a9c240664e372c30f3810762b  minglish.mim
+SHA512 (m17n-db-1.8.0RC.tar.gz) = 8428392f0e7622742755c64123ab3b52cdfa460d4119c798243ea3806a666d1599a97bd8f10756a8818aa029de590b876df656a23b04487babd9012b41391e6a