Merge branch '1.8' into 2.0

* 1.8:
  [#1473] add the changelog entry

Author: xabbuh

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ CHANGELOG
 1.7.9
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+* handle `\Throwable` instances in the `ExceptionController`
+
 * fixed that the default exclusion strategy groups for the serializer are not the empty string
 
 * fixed a BC break that prevented the `CamelKeysNormalizer` from removing leading underscores