Add Pkg 1.8 news (#44370)

NEWS.md

@@ -111,6 +111,26 @@ Standard library changes
 * Intersect returns a result with the eltype of the type-promoted eltypes of the two inputs ([#41769]).
 * Iterating an `Iterators.Reverse` now falls back on reversing the eachindex iterator, if possible ([#43110]).
 
+#### Package Manager
+
+* New `⌃` and `⌅` indicators beside packages in `pkg> status` that have new versions available.
+ `⌅` indicates when new versions cannot be installed ([Pkg#2906]).
+* New `outdated::Bool` kwarg to `Pkg.status` (`--outdated` or `-o` in the REPL mode) to show
+ information about packages not at the latest version ([Pkg#2284]).
+* New `compat::Bool` kwarg to `Pkg.status` (`--compat` or `-c` in the REPL mode) to show any [compat]
+ entries in the Project.toml ([Pkg#2702]).
+* New `pkg> compat` (and `Pkg.compat`) mode for setting Project compat entries. Provides an interactive editor
+ via `pkg> compat`, or direct entry manipulation via `pkg> Foo 0.4,0.5` which can load current entries via tab-completion.
+ i.e. `pkg> compat Fo<TAB>` autocompletes to `pkg> Foo 0.4,0.5` so that the existing entry can be edited ([Pkg#2702]).
+* Pkg now only tries to download packages from the package server in case the server tracks a registry that contains
+ the package ([Pkg#2689]).
+* `Pkg.instantiate` will now warn when a Project.toml is out of sync with a Manifest.toml. It does this by storing a hash
+ of the project deps and compat entries (other fields are ignored) in the manifest when it is resolved, so that any change
+ to the Project.toml deps or compat entries without a re-resolve can be detected ([Pkg#2815]).
+* If `pkg> add` cannot find a package with the provided name it will now suggest similarly named packages that can be added ([Pkg#2985]).
+* The julia version stored in the manifest no longer includes the build number i.e. master will now record as `1.9.0-DEV` ([Pkg#2995]).
+* Interrupting a `pkg> test` will now be caught more reliably and exit back to the REPL gracefully ([Pkg#2933]).
+
 #### InteractiveUtils
 
 * New macro `@time_imports` for reporting any time spent importing packages and their dependencies ([#41612]).
@@ -211,6 +231,16 @@ Tooling Improvements
 
 * `GC.enable_logging(true)` can be used to log each garbage collection, with the
  time it took and the amount of memory that was collected ([#43511]).
+
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+[Pkg#2284]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2284
+[Pkg#2689]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2689
+[Pkg#2702]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2702
+[Pkg#2815]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2815
+[Pkg#2906]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2906
+[Pkg#2933]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2933
+[Pkg#2985]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2985
+[Pkg#2995]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2995
 
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 [#33711]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/33711