Merge pull request #9806 from RasaHQ/prepare-release-2.8.8

prepared release of version 2.8.8
RasaHQ · Oct 6, 2021 · 1c41664 · 1c41664
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.mdx b/CHANGELOG.mdx
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 <!-- TOWNCRIER -->
 
+## [2.8.8] - 2021-10-06
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+### Improvements
+- [#7250](https://github.com/rasahq/rasa/issues/7250): Added a function to display the actual text of a Token when inspecting 
+  a Message in a pipeline, making it easier to debug.
+
+### Improved Documentation
+- [#9780](https://github.com/rasahq/rasa/issues/9780): Removing the experimental feature warning for `conditional response variations` from the Rasa docs.
+  The behaviour of the feature remains unchanged.
+- [#9782](https://github.com/rasahq/rasa/issues/9782): Updates [quick install documentation](installation.mdx#quick-installation) with optional venv step, better pip install instructions, & M1 warning
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 ## [2.8.7] - 2021-09-20
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#9678](https://github.com/rasahq/rasa/issues/9678): Explicitly set the upper limit for currently compatible TensorFlow versions.

diff --git a/changelog/7250.improvement.md b/changelog/7250.improvement.md
diff --git a/changelog/9780.doc.md b/changelog/9780.doc.md
diff --git a/changelog/9782.doc.md b/changelog/9782.doc.md
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ exclude = "((.eggs | .git | .pytest_cache | build | dist))"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "rasa"
-version = "2.8.7"
+version = "2.8.8"
 description = "Open source machine learning framework to automate text- and voice-based conversations: NLU, dialogue management, connect to Slack, Facebook, and more - Create chatbots and voice assistants"
 authors = [ "Rasa Technologies GmbH <hi@rasa.com>",]
 maintainers = [ "Tom Bocklisch <tom@rasa.com>",]

diff --git a/rasa/version.py b/rasa/version.py
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 # this file will automatically be changed,
 # do not add anything but the version number here!
-__version__ = "2.8.7"
+__version__ = "2.8.8"