Bumped the version number and updated the NEWS document.

Author: mdadams

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
 # The major, minor, and micro version numbers of the project.
 set(JAS_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
 set(JAS_VERSION_MINOR 2)
-set(JAS_VERSION_PATCH 7)
+set(JAS_VERSION_PATCH 8)
 
 # The shared library versioning information.
 # Guidelines on how to change this information can be found below.

NEWS.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+4.2.8 (2025-08-05)
+==================
+
+* Fixed a bug in the JPC decoder that could cause bad memory accesses
+  if the debug level is set sufficiently high (#402, #403).
+
 4.2.7 (2025-08-02)
 ==================