From 2de51019eaa3137ec7a8ed8f5089f94c909c17f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dgw <dgw@technobabbl.es>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 07:30:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Release 7.1.8

---
 NEWS      | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 setup.cfg |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 999c72e146..efcbedf16b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,47 @@ This file is used to auto-generate the "Changelog" section of Sopel's website.
 When adding new entries, follow the style guide in NEWS.spec.md to avoid
 causing problems with the site build.
 
+Changes between 7.1.7 and 7.1.8
+===============================
+
+Plugin changes
+--------------
+
+* isup: ensure compatibility with newer `requests` versions [[#2235][]]
+* reddit: handle image preview links [[#2245][]]
+* search: per tests of both back-ends, warn more consistently about multiple
+  `site:` operators [[#2254][]]
+* translate: fix accepting language hints for Chinese [[#2242][]]
+* url:
+  * bump user-agent [[#2218][]]
+  * tweak logging levels to better reflect severity [[#2249][]]
+* wikipedia: refine handling of sections with "hatnote" templates [[#2225][]]
+* xkcd: improve reliability of comic search [[#2247][]]
+
+Core changes
+------------
+
+* Formatting tweaks in IRC logging output [[#2250][]]
+* Requirement tweaks to make sure installing on Python 3.4 still works
+  (but if you're still using that, *please* update your Python)
+
+API changes
+-----------
+
+* Fix/improve more documentation [[#2251][]]
+
+[#2218]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2218
+[#2225]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2225
+[#2235]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2235
+[#2242]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2242
+[#2245]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2245
+[#2247]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2247
+[#2249]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2249
+[#2250]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2250
+[#2251]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2251
+[#2254]: https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/2254
+
+
 Changes between 7.1.6 and 7.1.7
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 68e0d92b9b..cc0d184e4f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = sopel
-version = 7.1.8-dev
+version = 7.1.8
 description = Simple and extensible IRC bot
 long_description = file: README.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst