release: prepare for 1.8.0

CHANGELOG.md

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+# 1.8
+* FEATURE: code was migrated to `async`/`await`, getting rid of a lot of callbacks (see https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/3540)
+* FEATURE: support configuration via environment variables
+* FEATURE: include an official Dockerfile in the main repository
+* FEATURE: support including plugins in custom Docker builds
+* REQUIREMENTS: minimum required Node version is **8.9.0 LTS**. Release 1.8.3 will require at least Node **10.13.0** LTS
+* MINOR: in the HTTP API, allow URL parameters and POST bodies to co-exist
+* MINOR: fix Unicode bug in HTML export
+* MINOR: bugfixes to colibris chat window
+* MINOR: code simplification (avoided double negations, introduced early exits, ...)
+* MINOR: reduced the size of the Windows package
+* MINOR: upgraded the nodejs runtime to 10.16.3 in the Windows package
+* SECURITY: avoided XSS in IE11
+* SECURITY: the version is exposed in http header only when configured
+* SECURITY: updated vendored jQuery version
+* SECURITY: bumped dependencies
+
 # 1.7.5
 * FEATURE: introduced support for multiple skins. See https://etherpad.org/doc/v1.7.5/#index_skins
 * FEATURE: added a new, optional skin. It can be activated choosing `skinName: "colibris"` in `settings.json`

src/package.json

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   "scripts": {
     "test": "nyc mocha --timeout 5000 ../tests/backend/specs/api"
   },
-  "version": "1.7.5",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }