8.0.0 (#1993)

With the branching of Squid v7, the v8 development cycle has started

configure.ac

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.
 ##
 
-AC_INIT([Squid Web Proxy],[7.0.0-VCS],[https://bugs.squid-cache.org/],[squid])
+AC_INIT([Squid Web Proxy],[8.0.0-VCS],[https://bugs.squid-cache.org/],[squid])
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([include/autoconf.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(cfgaux)

doc/release-notes/release-8.sgml.in

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+<!doctype linuxdoc system>
+<article>
+<title>Squid @SQUID_VERSION@ release notes</title>
+<author>Squid Developers</author>
+
+<toc>
+
+<sect>Notice
+<p>The Squid Team are pleased to announce the release of Squid-@PACKAGE_VERSION@ for testing.
+
+This new release is available for download from <url url="http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v@SQUID_RELEASE@/"> or the
+ <url url="http://www.squid-cache.org/Download/http-mirrors.html" name="mirrors">.
+
+<p>While this release is not deemed ready for production use, we believe it is ready for wider testing by the community.
+
+<p>We welcome feedback and bug reports. If you find a bug, please see <url url="https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting">
+   for how to submit a report with a stack trace.
+
+<sect1>Known issues
+<p>Although this release is deemed good enough for use in many setups, please note the existence of
+<url url="https://bugs.squid-cache.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&amp;product=Squid&amp;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&amp;bug_status=NEW&amp;bug_status=ASSIGNED&amp;bug_status=REOPENED&amp;version=@SQUID_RELEASE@" name="open bugs against Squid-@SQUID_RELEASE@">.
+
+<sect1>Changes since earlier releases of Squid-@SQUID_RELEASE@
+<p>
+The Squid-@SQUID_RELEASE@ change history can be <url url="https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commits/v@SQUID_RELEASE@" name="viewed here">.
+
+
+<sect>Major new features since Squid-@SQUID_RELEASE_OLD@
+<p>Squid-@SQUID_RELEASE@ represents a new feature release above Squid-@SQUID_RELEASE_OLD@.
+
+<p>The most important of these new features are:
+<itemize>
+	<item>
+</itemize>
+
+Most user-facing changes are reflected in squid.conf (see below).
+
+
+<sect>Changes to squid.conf since Squid-@SQUID_RELEASE_OLD@
+<p>
+This section gives an account of those changes in three categories:
+
+<itemize>
+	<item><ref id="newdirectives" name="New directives">
+	<item><ref id="modifieddirectives" name="Changes to existing directives">
+	<item><ref id="removeddirectives" name="Removed directives">
+</itemize>
+<p>
+
+<sect1>New directives<label id="newdirectives">
+<p>
+<descrip>
+	<p>No new directives in this version.
+
+</descrip>
+
+<sect1>Changes to existing directives<label id="modifieddirectives">
+<p>
+<descrip>
+	<p>No changed directives in this version.
+
+</descrip>
+
+<sect1>Removed directives<label id="removeddirectives">
+<p>
+<descrip>
+	<p>No removed directives in this version.
+
+</descrip>
+
+
+<sect>Changes to ./configure options since Squid-@SQUID_RELEASE_OLD@
+<p>
+This section gives an account of those changes in three categories:
+
+<itemize>
+	<item><ref id="newoptions" name="New options">
+	<item><ref id="modifiedoptions" name="Changes to existing options">
+	<item><ref id="removedoptions" name="Removed options">
+</itemize>
+
+<sect1>New options<label id="newoptions">
+<p>
+<descrip>
+	<p>No new options in this version.
+
+</descrip>
+
+<sect1>Changes to existing options<label id="modifiedoptions">
+<p>
+<descrip>
+	<p>No changed options in this version.
+
+</descrip>
+</p>
+
+<sect1>Removed options<label id="removedoptions">
+<p>
+<descrip>
+	<p>No removed options in this version.
+
+</descrip>
+
+<sect>Copyright
+<p>
+Copyright (C) 1996-2023 The Squid Software Foundation and contributors
+<p>
+Squid software is distributed under GPLv2+ license and includes
+contributions from numerous individuals and organizations.
+Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.
+
+</article>