Cut release 1.8.0

Makefile

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ proto_builddir := $(top_builddir)/protobuf
 spec_title := Asynchronous HBase Client
 spec_vendor := The Async HBase Authors
 # Semantic Versioning (see http://semver.org/).
-spec_version := 1.8.0-SNAPSHOT
+spec_version := 1.8.0
 jar := $(top_builddir)/asynchbase-$(spec_version).jar
 
 asynchbase_PROTOS := \

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 AsyncHBase - User visible and noteworthy changes.
 This project uses Semantic Versioning (see http://semver.org/).
 
+* Version 1.8.0 (2017-06-09)
+
+This is feature release with new APIs and behaviors.
+
+New Features:
+  - Support HBase 1.3.0 and later where scanner behavior changed.
+  - Add optional support for buffered AtomicIncrement calls to bypass the WAL
+    for quicker writes.
+  - Add an API for writing AtomicIncrements over multiple columns in a single
+    RPC.
+  - Add the MultipleColumnPrefixFilter.
+  - Add a "multi-get" API that allows for batching GetRequests and sending them
+    in a single request. Useful if the client wants to fetch a number of 
+    disparate rows when scanning would be less efficient.
+  - Support for reverse scanning
+
 * Version 1.7.3 (2017-06-09)
 
 This is a bug fix release.

THANKS

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ Abhay Bothra
 Andrey Stepachev
 Arthur van Hoff
 Berk D. Demir
+Bizhu Qiu
 Brandon Forehand
 Charles Antoine
+cm-cnnxty
 Francis Christopher Liu
 Gabe Benjamin
 Garry Helmling
@@ -19,8 +21,12 @@ Ivan Zhivkov
 James Baldassari
 Jason Culverhouse
 Jesse Chang
+Jiayun Fang
 Jonathan Payne
 Junegunn Choi
+Jungtaek Lim
+Karan Mehta
+Martin Boyanov
 Michael Rose
 Michael Stack
 Mikhail Antonov
@@ -33,6 +39,7 @@ Shrijeet Paliwal
 Siddartha Guthikonda
 Stephane Bagneris
 Svyatoslav Markeyev
+Tian-Ying Chang
 Viral Bajaria
 Xun Liu
 Yao Shengzhe