Set version to 2.8.0

Author: rly

core/nwb.file.yaml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ groups:
   attributes:
   - name: nwb_version
     dtype: text
-    value: "2.8.0-alpha"
+    value: "2.8.0"
     doc: File version string. Use semantic versioning, e.g. 1.2.1. This will be the
       name of the format with trailing major, minor and patch numbers.
   datasets:

core/nwb.namespace.yaml

@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ namespaces:
   - doc: This source module contains neurodata_type for retinotopy data.
     source: nwb.retinotopy.yaml
     title: Retinotopy
-  version: "2.8.0-alpha"
+  version: "2.8.0"

docs/format/source/conf.py

@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ def setup(app):
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.8.0-alpha'
+version = '2.8.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.8.0-alpha'
+release = '2.8.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst

@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
-2.8.0 (Upcoming)
-------------------------
+2.8.0 (November 19, 2024)
+-------------------------
 
-Minor changes
+Major changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- Added optional ``was_generated_by`` attribute to ``NWBFile`` to store provenance information (#578)
 - Deprecated ``EventWaveform`` neurodata type. (#584)
 - Deprecated ``ImageMaskSeries`` neurodata type. (#583)
+
+Minor changes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+- Added optional ``was_generated_by`` attribute to ``NWBFile`` to store provenance information. (#578)
 - Made ``band_mean`` and ``band_std`` in ``DecompositionSeries`` optional. (#593)
-- Added ``Device.model_number``, ``Device.model_name``, ``Device.serial_number`` (#594)
+- Added ``Device.model_number``, ``Device.model_name``, ``Device.serial_number``. (#594)
 
 2.7.0 (February 7, 2024)
 ------------------------