Preparing for release, 2.8.0.

[dblock]

Description

Preparing for release, 2.8.0..

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[dblock]

Link checker is expected to fail because we don't have a 2.8.0 tag yet.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 70.41%. Comparing base (ba715b9) to head (c0f7064).
Report is 74 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

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- Coverage   71.95%   70.41%   -1.54%     
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  Files          91      125      +34     
  Lines        8001     9300    +1299     
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+ Hits         5757     6549     +792     
- Misses       2244     2751     +507     

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[saimedhi]

@dblock, Looks good to me. Also please update compatibility file if possible. Thank you.

[dblock]

@dblock, Looks good to me. Also please update compatibility file if possible. Thank you.

That seems up-to-date as it only talks about 2.x.x.