Release 1.8.0 (#698)

Author: bdraco

CHANGES.rst

@@ -14,6 +14,51 @@ Changelog
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+v1.8.0
+======
+
+*(2025-10-05)*
+
+
+Contributor-facing changes
+--------------------------
+
+- The :file:`reusable-cibuildwheel.yml` workflow has been refactored to
+  be more generic and :file:`ci-cd.yml` now holds all the configuration
+  toggles -- by :user:`webknjaz`.
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`668`.
+
+- When building wheels, the source distribution is now passed directly
+  to the ``cibuildwheel`` invocation -- by :user:`webknjaz`.
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`669`.
+
+- Builds and tests have been added to
+  ``ci-cd.yml`` for arm64 Windows wheels -- by :user:`finnagin`.
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`677`.
+
+- Started building wheels for CPython 3.14 -- by :user:`kumaraditya303`.
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`681`, :issue:`682`.
+
+- Removed ``--config-settings=pure-python=false`` from :file:`requirements/dev.txt`.
+  Developers on CPython still get accelerated builds by default. To explicitly build
+  a pure Python wheel, use ``pip install -e . --config-settings=pure-python=true``
+  -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`687`.
+
+
+----
+
+
 v1.7.0
 ======
 

CHANGES/668.contrib.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from collections.abc import MutableSequence
 from functools import total_ordering
 
-__version__ = "1.7.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "1.8.0"
 
 __all__ = ("FrozenList", "PyFrozenList")  # type: Tuple[str, ...]