Merge branch '2.8.x' of https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-js into 2.8.x
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 38f8e88..1277c83 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dev
+2.8.0rc1