Merge pull request #2612 from clash-lang/forward_port_1p8

Forward port changes from 1.8 branch

Author: christiaanb

.mergify.yml

@@ -36,3 +36,16 @@ pull_request_rules:
           - "1.6"
       queue:
         update_method: rebase
+
+  - name: backport patches to 1.8
+    conditions:
+      - base=master
+      - label=backport 1.8
+      - merged
+    actions:
+      copy:
+        ignore_conflicts: True
+        branches:
+          - "1.8"
+      queue:
+        update_method: rebase

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog for the Clash project
 
-## 1.8.0
+## 1.8.1 *Nov 10th 2023*
+
+* Bump package dependencies to allow inclusion in stackage-nightly
+* Bump package dependencies to allow building on GHC 9.8.1
+
+## 1.8.0 *Nov 10th 2023*
 
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