Changelog for 8.1.0

Author: minrk

docs/source/changelog.md

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 Changes in IPython Parallel
 
+## 8.1
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+8.1.0 is a small release, adding a few new features and bugfixes.
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+New features:
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+- relay KeyboardInterrupt to engines in blocking `%px` magics
+- add `Cluster.start_and_connect(activate=True)` to include activation of `%px` magics in one-liner startup.
+- initial support for Clusters tab in RetroLab
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+Fixes:
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+- ensure profile config is always loaded for `Cluster(profile="xyz")`
+- build lab extension in production mode, apply trove classifiers
+- pass through keyword arguments to constructor in `Client.broadcast_view`
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 ## 8.0
 
 This is marked as a major revision because of the change to pass connection information via environment variables.