<commit_before># 0.8.<<VERSION>> Release

This release did not happen yet.

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For non-trivial changes, you can choose to be
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Please add your name to every contribution
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<<`scripts/generate-news-entry`>>

We are proud to release Elektra 0.8.<<VERSION>>.

<<`scripts/git-release-stats 0.8.VERSION`>>

## What is Elektra?

Elektra serves as a universal and secure framework to access
configuration settings in a global, hierarchical key database.
For more information, visit [https://libelektra.org](https://libelektra.org).

For a small demo see here:

[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/cantr04assr4jkv8v34uz9b8r.png)](https://asciinema.org/a/cantr04assr4jkv8v34uz9b8r)

You can also read the news [on our website](https://www.libelektra.org/news/0.8.<<VERSION>>-release)



## Highlights

- New Logo
- <<HIGHLIGHT2>>
- <<HIGHLIGHT3>>


### New Logo

We are proud to present our new Logo.
It has a new shape and cooler colors.

<img src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/ElektraInitiative/libelektra/master/doc/images/circle.svg" alt="Elektra" width="150" />

Thanks to <<TODO>>


### <<HIGHLIGHT1>>


### <<HIGHLIGHT2>>


### <<HIGHLIGHT2>>


## Other New Features

We added even more functionality, which could not make it to the highlights:

- <<TODO>>

## Documentation

We improved the documentation in the following ways:

- <<TODO>>

## Compatibility

As always, the ABI and API of kdb.h is fully compatible, i.e. programs
compiled against an older 0.8 version of Elektra will continue to work
(ABI) and you will be able to recompile programs without errors (API).

## Notes for Maintainer

These notes are of interest for people maintaining packages of Elektra:

- <<TODO>>

## Notes for Elektra's Developers

These notes are of interest for people developing Elektra:

- <<TODO>>

## Fixes

Many problems were resolved with the following fixes:

- <<TODO>>

## Outlook

We are currently working on following topics:

- <<TODO>>
<commit_msg>Release: Write about inconsistency in `augeas`<commit_after># 0.8.<<VERSION>> Release

This release did not happen yet.

Please update this file within PRs accordingly.
For non-trivial changes, you can choose to be
part of the highlighted changes. Please make
sure to add some short tutorial, asciinema,
or how-to-use for highlighted items.

Please add your name to every contribution
syntax: ", thanks to <myname>".


<<`scripts/generate-news-entry`>>

We are proud to release Elektra 0.8.<<VERSION>>.

<<`scripts/git-release-stats 0.8.VERSION`>>

## What is Elektra?

Elektra serves as a universal and secure framework to access
configuration settings in a global, hierarchical key database.
For more information, visit [https://libelektra.org](https://libelektra.org).

For a small demo see here:

[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/cantr04assr4jkv8v34uz9b8r.png)](https://asciinema.org/a/cantr04assr4jkv8v34uz9b8r)

You can also read the news [on our website](https://www.libelektra.org/news/0.8.<<VERSION>>-release)



## Highlights

- New Logo
- <<HIGHLIGHT2>>
- <<HIGHLIGHT3>>


### New Logo

We are proud to present our new Logo.
It has a new shape and cooler colors.

<img src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/ElektraInitiative/libelektra/master/doc/images/circle.svg" alt="Elektra" width="150" />

Thanks to <<TODO>>


### <<HIGHLIGHT1>>


### <<HIGHLIGHT2>>


### <<HIGHLIGHT2>>


## Other New Features

We added even more functionality, which could not make it to the highlights:

- <<TODO>>

## Documentation

We improved the documentation in the following ways:

- <<TODO>>

## Compatibility

As always, the ABI and API of kdb.h is fully compatible, i.e. programs
compiled against an older 0.8 version of Elektra will continue to work
(ABI) and you will be able to recompile programs without errors (API).

## Notes for Maintainer

These notes are of interest for people maintaining packages of Elektra:

- <<TODO>>

## Notes for Elektra's Developers

These notes are of interest for people developing Elektra:

- <<TODO>>

## Fixes

Many problems were resolved with the following fixes:

- We fixed [internal inconsistency](https://github.com/ElektraInitiative/libelektra/pull/1761) in the CMake code of the [Augeas plugin](https://www.libelektra.org/plugins/augeas)

## Outlook

We are currently working on following topics:

- <<TODO>>

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