diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml
index e8dd9c85b..65384d23b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ on:
- '.gitattributes'
- '**/*.html'
- '**/*.md'
+ workflow_dispatch:
env:
SETUP_PATH: .ci-local:.ci
diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION b/configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION
index 12120cddb..7972433a1 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ EPICS_VERSION = 7
EPICS_REVISION = 0
# EPICS_MODIFICATION must be a number >=0 and <256
-EPICS_MODIFICATION = 7
+EPICS_MODIFICATION = 8
# EPICS_PATCH_LEVEL must be a number (win32 resource file requirement)
# Not included in the official EPICS version number if zero
diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_CA_VERSION b/configure/CONFIG_CA_VERSION
index 1fe4f1c25..2cff78816 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_CA_VERSION
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_CA_VERSION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
EPICS_CA_MAJOR_VERSION = 4
EPICS_CA_MINOR_VERSION = 14
-EPICS_CA_MAINTENANCE_VERSION = 3
+EPICS_CA_MAINTENANCE_VERSION = 4
# Development flag, set to zero for release versions
diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_DATABASE_VERSION b/configure/CONFIG_DATABASE_VERSION
index 8b4002ae6..8815d2d1e 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_DATABASE_VERSION
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_DATABASE_VERSION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Version number for the database APIs and shared library
EPICS_DATABASE_MAJOR_VERSION = 3
-EPICS_DATABASE_MINOR_VERSION = 22
+EPICS_DATABASE_MINOR_VERSION = 23
EPICS_DATABASE_MAINTENANCE_VERSION = 1
# Development flag, set to zero for release versions
diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_LIBCOM_VERSION b/configure/CONFIG_LIBCOM_VERSION
index 898df2c67..4aab82a17 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_LIBCOM_VERSION
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_LIBCOM_VERSION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Version number for the libcom APIs and shared library
EPICS_LIBCOM_MAJOR_VERSION = 3
-EPICS_LIBCOM_MINOR_VERSION = 22
+EPICS_LIBCOM_MINOR_VERSION = 23
EPICS_LIBCOM_MAINTENANCE_VERSION = 1
# Development flag, set to zero for release versions
diff --git a/configure/RULES_BUILD b/configure/RULES_BUILD
index d49ea0e84..f4b2e9229 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_BUILD
+++ b/configure/RULES_BUILD
@@ -552,11 +552,11 @@ endif # LOADABLE_SHRLIB_SUFFIX
ifneq ($(INSTALL_CONFIGS),)
$(INSTALL_CONFIG)/%: %
$(ECHO) "Installing config file $@"
- @$(INSTALL) -d -m $(INSTALL_PERMISSIONS) $< $(@D)
+ @$(INSTALL) -d -m $(INSTALL_PERMISSIONS) $(abspath $< $(@D))
$(INSTALL_CONFIG)/%: ../%
$(ECHO) "Installing config file $@"
- @$(INSTALL) -d -m $(INSTALL_PERMISSIONS) $< $(@D)
+ @$(INSTALL) -d -m $(INSTALL_PERMISSIONS) $(abspath $< $(@D))
endif
$(INSTALL_INCLUDE)/%: $(COMMON_DIR)/%
diff --git a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 862369125..ae98cae5a 100644
--- a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -20,7 +20,62 @@ should also be read to understand what has changed since earlier releases:
**This version of EPICS has not been released yet.**
-## Changes made on the 7.0 branch since 7.0.7
+## Changes made on the 7.0 branch since 7.0.8
+
+
+-----
+
+## EPICS Release 7.0.8
+
+### bi "Raw Soft Channel" use MASK
+
+If MASK is non-zero, The raw device support will now apply MASK to the
+value read into RVAL.
+eg. allows extraction of a bit from an input integer.
+
+```
+record(longin, "integer") {
+ field(VAL, "0xff")
+}
+record(bi, "bit1") {
+ field(DESC, "extract bit 1")
+ field(DTYP, "Raw Soft Channel")
+ field(INP , "integer")
+ field(MASK, "0x2")
+ field(ZNAM, "Clear")
+ field(ONAM, "Set")
+}
+```
+
+### ANSI escapes in stderr
+
+ANSI escape charactor sequences may now be printed to the stderr stream.
+These escapes will appear in logs captured from that stream.
+Tools which parse and/or render these logs may need to be adjusted to
+either strip out the escapes, or to translate them into markup.
+(see [ansi2html](https://pypi.org/project/ansi2html/) for example)
+
+### Allow explicit append with `dbRecordsOnceOnly!=0`
+
+Previously setting `dbRecordsOnceOnly!=0` prevented any further changes to a record via a .db file. eg.
+
+```
+record(ai, "myrec") {}
+```
+
+`dbRecordsOnceOnly!=0` previously disallowed appending fields with either form:
+
+```
+record("*", "myrec") {} # error
+record(ai, "myrec") {} # error
+```
+
+Beginning with this release, `dbRecordsOnceOnly!=0` allows appending when explicitly intended (when record type is `"*"`).
+
+```
+record("*", "myrec") {} # allowed
+record(ai, "myrec") {} # error
+```
### PROC field changed to ASL0
diff --git a/documentation/ReleaseChecklist.html b/documentation/ReleaseChecklist.html
index ac65fef3b..0db98a818 100644
--- a/documentation/ReleaseChecklist.html
+++ b/documentation/ReleaseChecklist.html
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ everything that has to be done since it's so easy to miss steps.
The following roles are used below:
-
Release Manager ()
+
Release Manager
Responsible for managing and tagging the release
-
Platform Developers (informal)
-
Responsible for individual operating system platforms
+
Core Developers
+
Responsible for maintaining the EPICS software
Application Developers
Responsible for support modules that depend on EPICS Base.