Prepare rand v0.8.0 release

Author: dhardy

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ A [separate changelog is kept for rand_core](rand_core/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 You may also find the [Upgrade Guide](https://rust-random.github.io/book/update.html) useful.
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.8.0] - 2020-12-18
 ### Additions
 - impl PartialEq+Eq for StdRng, SmallRng, and StepRng (#975)
 - Added a `serde1` feature and added Serialize/Deserialize to `UniformInt` and `WeightedIndex` (#974)

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"

README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-rand = "0.7"
+rand = "0.8.0"
 ```
 
 To get started using Rand, see [The Book](https://rust-random.github.io/book).
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Current Rand versions are:
 -   Version 0.7 was released in June 2019, moving most non-uniform distributions
     to an external crate, moving `from_entropy` to `SeedableRng`, and many small
     changes and fixes.
--   The `master` branch is close to 0.8 release.
+-   Version 0.8 was released in December 2020 with many small changes.
 
 A detailed [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) is available for releases.
 

SECURITY.md

@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ exceptions for theoretical issues without a known exploit:
 
 | Crate | Versions | Exceptions |
 | ----- | -------- | ---------- |
+| `rand` | 0.8 |  |
 | `rand` | 0.7 |  |
 | `rand` | 0.5, 0.6 | Jitter |
 | `rand` | 0.4 | Jitter, ISAAC |
-| `rand_core` | 0.2 - 0.5 | |
-| `rand_chacha` | 0.1 - 0.2 | |
-| `rand_hc` | 0.1 - 0.2 | |
+| `rand_core` | 0.2 - 0.6 | |
+| `rand_chacha` | 0.1 - 0.3 | |
+| `rand_hc` | 0.1 - 0.3 | |
 
 Explanation of exceptions:
 

rand_distr/Cargo.toml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 include = ["src/", "LICENSE-*", "README.md", "CHANGELOG.md", "COPYRIGHT"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { path = "..", version = "0.7", default-features = false }
+rand = { path = "..", version = "0.8.0", default-features = false }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["libm"] }
 
 [features]
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ alloc = ["rand/alloc"]
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand_pcg = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../rand_pcg" }
 # For inline examples
-rand = { path = "..", version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = ["std_rng", "std"] }
+rand = { path = "..", version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = ["std_rng", "std"] }
 # Histogram implementation for testing uniformity
 average = "0.10.3"