Merge pull request #318 from trz42/release_notes_v0.8.0

release notes for v0.8.0

Author: bedroge

RELEASE_NOTES

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 This file contains a description of the major changes to the EESSI
 build-and-deploy bot. For more detailed information, please see the git log.
 
+v0.8.0 (23 May 2025)
+--------------------------
+
+This is a minor release of the EESSI build-and-deploy bot.
+
+Bug fixes:
+* use Ubuntu 24.04 in CI (#316)
+* delete pre-existing signature files (#309)
+
+Improvements:
+* adding argument `--contain` when launching the build container (#307)
+* use the bot instance's name as `namespaces` value in a signature (#308)
+* determine test coverage (#311)
+* support different levels for when a bot instance creates comments on GitHub (#315)
+
+Changes to 'app.cfg' settings (see README.md and app.cfg.example for details):
+* NEW (optional) 'chatlevel' in section '[bot_control]'
+
+
 v0.7.0 (13 March 2025)
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