Bump version number and update change log.

Author: c-lipka

changes.txt

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ should be located in the same directory as this file is.
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-Changes between 3.7.1-beta.7 and 3.7.1-TBD
-==========================================
+Changes between 3.7.1-beta.7 and 3.7.1-beta.8
+=============================================
 
 Fixed or Mitigated Bugs
 -----------------------
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Other Noteworthy
 ----------------
 
   - Minor updates to the documentation.
+  - The Unix build process and source code have been updated to make use of
+    the CPU-specific optimized noise implementations.
 
 
 Changes between 3.7.1-beta.6 and 3.7.1-beta.7

revision.txt

@@ -32,13 +32,29 @@ Notes:
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-POV-Ray v3.7.1-beta.TBD
+POV-Ray v3.7.1-beta.8
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+Commit 295022b on 2017-05-20 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Add support for CPU-specific optimizations to Unix version. (#293)
+
+Commit 3d30fb3 on 2017-05-16 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Fix bulk of GitHub issue #147 sphere sweep artifacts for good.
+
+Commit 36b2a15 on 2017-05-14 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Update docs.
+
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 POV-Ray v3.7.1-beta.7
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Commit 8725d43 on 2017-05-14 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Bump version number and update change log.
+
 Commit 5e4653d on 2017-05-14 by Christoph Lipka
 
     Fix crashes and performance losses related to noise optimizations.

source/base/version.h

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 /// @def POV_RAY_PRERELEASE
 /// Pre-release identifier.
 /// Leave undefined for final releases.
-#define POV_RAY_PRERELEASE "beta.7"
+#define POV_RAY_PRERELEASE "beta.8"
 
 /// @def POVRAY_IS_BETA
 /// Whether this version is a beta.

unix/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.7.1-beta.7
+3.7.1-beta.8