Changes for v2.8.1 release (#1926)

* Version v2.8.1rc1

* Add changelog for v2.8.1 release

* Increase spacing

Author: Claimundefine

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Confluent's Python client for Apache Kafka
 
+## v2.8.1
+
+v2.8.1 is a maintenance release with the following fixes and enhancements:
+
+ - Fixed caching to ensure cached schema matches input. (#1922)
+
+confluent-kafka-python v2.8.1 is based on librdkafka v2.8.0, see the
+[librdkafka release notes](https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/releases/tag/v2.8.0)
+for a complete list of changes, enhancements, fixes and upgrade considerations.
+
+
 ## v2.8.0
 
 v2.8.0 is a feature release with the features, fixes and enhancements:

docs/conf.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.8.0'
+version = '2.8.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 ######################################################################

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "confluent-kafka"
-version = "2.8.0"
+version = "2.8.1"
 description = "Confluent's Python client for Apache Kafka"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",

src/confluent_kafka/src/confluent_kafka.h

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
  *  0xMMmmRRPP
  *  MM=major, mm=minor, RR=revision, PP=patchlevel (not used)
  */
-#define CFL_VERSION     0x02080000
-#define CFL_VERSION_STR "2.8.0"
+#define CFL_VERSION     0x02080100
+#define CFL_VERSION_STR "2.8.1"
 
 /**
  * Minimum required librdkafka version. This is checked both during