Merge pull request #2366 from TabbycatDebate/new-release

Prepare for 2.8 release

Author: tienne-B

.github/CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,23 +4,25 @@ Change Log
 
 2.8.0 (Quokka)
 ---------
-*Release date: TBD*
+*Release date: 28 November 2023*
 
+- The term "iron person" is now used throughout the platform for consistency and inclusivity. Thanks to @dcorks for the pull request!
+    - The number of times a team has had an iron-speaker is now tracked as a team metric.
 - Added new emoji from Unicode 12 and 13. Thank you to Daan Koning for the pull request! (`#2143 <https://github.com/TabbycatDebate/tabbycat/issues/2143>`_)
 - Info Slides can now use rich-text formatting (e.g. bold, links, etc). Thanks to Trần Trang Linh for adding this feature!
 - Speaker and break category forms have better validation and fewer fields.
-- The number of times a team has had an iron-speaker is now tracked.
+- Tournaments can be created specifying private URL use directly. Thanks to Sébastien Dunne Fulmer!
 - Implemented support for APDA-style tournaments with:
-  - Avoidance for a team to repeatedly meet pulled-up teams,
-  - A new two-team draw generator to minimize penalties globally within brackets,
-  - Team seeding for the first round,
-  - The ability to give ranks to speeches in addition to speaker scores, and
-  - A preset to enable these options.
+    - Avoidance for a team to repeatedly meet pulled-up teams,
+    - A new two-team draw generator to minimize penalties globally within brackets,
+    - Team seeding for the first round,
+    - The ability to give ranks to speeches in addition to speaker scores, and
+    - A preset to enable these options.
 - API Updates:
-  - Documentation is now automatically generated and available under the ``/api/schema/redoc/`` path on all sites.
-  - Preformed panels are now accessible using the API.
-  - Team and speaker scores by round has a new endpoint. Thanks to Ido Wolf for the feature!
-  - The site's timezone is shown in the root endpoint.
+    - Documentation is now automatically generated and available under the ``/api/schema/redoc/`` path on all sites.
+    - Preformed panels are now accessible using the API.
+    - Team and speaker scores by round has a new endpoint. Thanks to Ido Wolf for the feature!
+    - The site's timezone is shown in the root endpoint. Thanks to Daan Koning!
 - \+ so many more little improvements and fixes!
 
 

docs/conf.py

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.8.0-dev'
+release = '2.8.0'
 
 rst_epilog = """
 .. |vrelease| replace:: v{release}

tabbycat/settings/core.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Version
 # ==============================================================================
 
-TABBYCAT_VERSION = '2.8.0-dev'
+TABBYCAT_VERSION = '2.8.0'
 TABBYCAT_CODENAME = 'Quokka'
 READTHEDOCS_VERSION = 'v2.8.0'