Changelog for v2.8.0rc1

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Changelog for v2.8.0rc1

Related to #1951

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Codecov Report

Merging #1952 (fabb628) into main (02128bf) will not change coverage.
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[valeriupredoi]

@ESMValGroup/technical-lead-development-team tis that time of the year when the Release Manager and their Little Helper will ask you to please nominate a Highlight for the upcoming release (one nominated PR per person, please, ideally try some variations from what's been nominated before you): for me it's simple - @bouweandela 's PR #1609 "Godzilla"

[remi-kazeroni]

@ESMValGroup/technical-lead-development-team tis that time of the year when the Release Manager and their Little Helper will ask you to please nominate a Highlight for the upcoming release (one nominated PR per person, please, ideally try some variations from what's been nominated before you): for me it's simple - @bouweandela 's PR #1609 "Godzilla"

Thanks for starting this @valeriupredoi. I had planned to start asking once the last PR would have been merged. I reckon I could have anticipated a bit and started that earlier.
Anyway, I was planning to open a proper discussion on this as we normally do and tag the whole development community as contributions to the Core are not restricted to the TLT. More on this very soon, please all wait a little bit for me to check things 😅

EDIT: Discussion available at #1954

[valeriupredoi]

godspeed, v2.8.0rc1 ⛵