diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cbce55f..8856adc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@
 /gretl-2019c.tar.xz
 /gretl-2019d.tar.xz
 /gretl-2020a.tar.xz
+/gretl-2020b.tar.xz
diff --git a/gretl.spec b/gretl.spec
index fe7c9a3..f7ca7f0 100644
--- a/gretl.spec
+++ b/gretl.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: gretl	
-Version: 2020a
+Version: 2020b
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A tool for econometric analysis	
 
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ desktop-file-install						\
 %{_libdir}/openmpi/bin/gretl_openmpi
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 12 2020 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2020b-1
+- Update to 2020b
+- changelog cleanup
+
 * Thu Mar 05 2020 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2020a-1
 - Update to 2020a
 
@@ -180,68 +184,3 @@ desktop-file-install						\
 
 * Thu Jan 11 2018 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 2017d-2
 - Remove obsolete scriptlets
-
-* Fri Nov 10 2017 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2017d-1
-- Update to 2017d
-
-* Wed Aug 02 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2017c-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2017c-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Jul 18 2017 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2017c-1
-- Update to 2017c
-
-* Sat May 27 2017 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2017b-1
-- Update to 2017b
-
-* Sun Apr 16 2017 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2017a-1
-- Update to 2017a
-
-* Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2016d-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Jan 30 2017 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2016d-4
-- rebuild for gcc 
-
-* Thu Jan 12 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenko@redhat.com> - 2016d-3
-- Rebuild for readline 7.x
-
-* Tue Nov 29 2016 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2016d-2
-- additional changes fixing the openmpi parts
-
-* Sat Nov 26 2016 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2016d-1
-- Update to 2016d
-- openmpi subpackage 
-
-* Thu Jul 07 2016 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2016c-1
-- Update to 2016c
-
-* Fri Apr 15 2016 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2016b-1
-- Update to 2016b
-
-* Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2016a-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jan 30 2016 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2016a-1
-- Update to 2016a
-
-* Wed Oct 21 2015 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 2015d-1
-- Update to 2015d
-- move to a new versioning scheme
-
-* Thu Sep 17 2015 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 1.10.2-1
-- Update to 1.10.2
-
-* Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.10.1-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Apr 23 2015 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 1.10.1-2
-- disable the AVX switch to fix bug #1213980
-
-* Sat Apr 04 2015 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 1.10.1-1
-- Update to 1.10.1
-
-* Fri Apr 03 2015 Johannes Lips <hannes@fedoraproject.org> - 1.10.0-1
-- Update to 1.10.0
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 515a2bd..dc9ce85 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gretl-2020a.tar.xz) = c8df7d8ce22b4e1a6e6e6c722f53d22463a6257bd94f42a7a501e7ba24bac72c4dea5faa94d9147b9a513f04b21407e1191ec4d3ba42b51980de6b1260a656c7
+SHA512 (gretl-2020b.tar.xz) = 3ea2dbc030a1f1bbbf0d2796811bf3fcc9f52ca6d2b9c6c8610e865264e56808d83db6c77d46c2037f6ad823fd7b7bf48c144c0b24156cb78232c457f286ca29