Release 0.8

controllers/nginx/Makefile

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 all: push
 
 # 0.0 shouldn't clobber any release builds
-TAG = 0.7
+TAG = 0.8
 PREFIX = gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller
 
 REPO_INFO=$(shell git config --get remote.origin.url)
+UPX:=$(shell command -v upx 2> /dev/null)
 
 ifndef VERSION
   VERSION := git-$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ controller: controller.go clean
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags \
 		"-s -w -X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.gitRepo=${REPO_INFO}" \
 		-o nginx-ingress-controller
+ifdef UPX
+	# compressing the binary reduces the size at leat a 75%
+	upx nginx-ingress-controller
+endif
 
 container: controller
 	docker build -t $(PREFIX):$(TAG) .