Prepare for release 1.8.
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Apache Commons Text
-Version 1.8-SNAPSHOT
+Version 1.8
Release Notes
INTRODUCTION:
-This document contains the release notes for the 1.8-SNAPSHOT version of Apache Commons Text.
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.8 version of Apache Commons Text.
Commons Text is a set of utility functions and reusable components for the purpose of processing
and manipulating text that should be of use in a Java environment.
