From 985f189f9c5a3fee78771455df418bbf9dacbd65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alfio Lazzaro <alfio.lazzaro@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:01:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Bump version to 2.8.0

---
 VERSION | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 41222dc7221..71bea4b7ee9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 MAJOR = 2
-MINOR = 7
+MINOR = 8
 PATCH = 0
 # A specific DATE (YYYY-MM-DD) fixes an official release, otherwise
 # it is considered Development version.
-DATE  = 2024-07-29
+DATE  = 2024-12-11