Release 1.8.0

[manuel-mauky]

• change version to 1.8.0
• maven central release
• update javadoc (gh-pages)
• update webpage (gh-pages)
• merge develop into stable branch
• merge develop into release branch
• update version to 1.9.0-SNAPSHOT on develop branch
• update version to 1.8.1-SNAPSHOT on release branch
• github release notes

[imerljak]

Any updates on the release?? I am looking forward to use the spring-boot integration. And it seems i cant until 1.8.0 releases..

[manuel-mauky]

Sorry for the inconveniences. There are 2 issues left that I'd like to get into 1.8 but hadn't had the time to do. Both are connected to newer JDK versions.

• Illegal reflective access operation #575 is only an update of a dependency but I couldn't reproduce the initial issue as it seems to only occure with newer JDKs
• We won't be able to privide full Java Module support with this release because getting module-files correctly is a lot of work. It's targeted for the next release. However, I'd like to provide the "automatic-module-name" (see for example here for an explanation). It's also not a big deal but I haven't found the time to do this yet.

I try to schedule this for this week.

EDIT:
You can start working with the spring-boot-integration by using the snapshot version until the final release is done.

[manuel-mauky]

The version 1.8.0 is now available on maven-central so you can start using it. I will write the release notes and update the javadoc within the next days.

[imerljak]

@lestard Thank you very much.. If there's anything that i could do to help please let me know.