Upcoming mev-boost release: v1.8

[metachris]

We are planning an upcoming mev-boost release: v1.8

This release only contains minor changes.

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Latest pre-release / RC: v1.8-rc4

• Pre-release (with binaries): v1.8-rc4
• Docker image: flashbots/mev-boost:1.8rc4

Changes:

• All changes since last release (v1.7.1): v1.7.1...release/v1.8
• Release-specific changes: develop...release/v1.8

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⭐ Notable updates

• Add request start time metrics to request header field #647
• Remove capella types #650

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🏗️ Cleanups & refactoring

• server: refactor process*Payload functions #644
• cmd/mev-boost: add urfave as cli framework #660
• common: simplify floatToEth #639
• cli: refactor sanitizeMinBid #641
• server: move mock relay into mock package #642
• Use go-eth2-client's IsInfinity() to check relay pubkey #630

🧹 And a bunch of dependency updates

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Special thx to @MariusVanDerWijden for several contributions 🙏

[metachris]

Tagging a release candidate in branch release/v1.8: develop...release/v1.8

[metachris]

v1.8-rc3:

• Pre-release (with binaries): v1.8-rc3
• Docker image: flashbots/mev-boost:1.8rc3

[avalonche]

can we add #676 to the release?

[metachris]

Added #676 and tagged v1.8-rc4

[metachris]

v1.8-rc4:

• Pre-release (with binaries): v1.8-rc4
• Docker image: flashbots/mev-boost:1.8rc4

[metachris]

https://github.com/flashbots/mev-boost/releases/tag/v1.8