Preps for 1.8.0-rc1

Update version fields for 1.8.0-rc1 release.

Signed-off-by: David Brown <[email protected]>

Author: d3zd3z

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 [travis]: https://travis-ci.org/mcu-tools/mcuboot
 [license]: https://github.com/mcu-tools/mcuboot/blob/main/LICENSE
 
-This is mcuboot version 1.8.0-dev
+This is mcuboot version 1.8.0-rc1
 
 MCUboot is a secure bootloader for 32-bit MCUs. The goal of MCUboot is to
 define a common infrastructure for the bootloader, system flash layout on

docs/release-notes.md

@@ -3,6 +3,38 @@
 - Table of Contents
 {:toc}
 
+## Version 1.8.0
+
+The 1.8.0 release of MCUboot contains numerous fixes, and adds support
+for the NuttX RTOS, and the Espressif ESP32 SDK.
+
+### About this release
+
+- Add support for the NuttX RTOS.
+- Add support for the Espressif ESP32 SDK.
+- `boot_serial` changed to use cddl-gen, which removes the dependency
+  on tinycbor.
+- Add various hooks to be able to change how image data is accessed.
+- Cypress supports Mbed TLS for encryption.
+- Support using Mbed TLS for ECDSA.  This can be useful if Mbed TLS is
+  brought in for another reason.
+- Add simulator support for testing direct-XIP and ramload.
+- Support Mbed TLS 3.0.  Updates the submodule for Mbed TLS to 3.0.
+- Enable direct-xip mode in mbed-os port.
+- extract `bootutil_public` library, a common interface for mcuboot
+  and the application.
+- Allow to boot primary image if secondary one is unreachable.
+- Add AES256 image encryption support.
+- Add Multiimage boot for direct-xip and ram-load mode.
+
+### Security fixes
+
+- [GHSA-gcxh-546h-phg4](https://github.com/mcu-tools/mcuboot/security/advisories/GHSA-gcxh-546h-phg4)
+  has been published.  There is not a fix at this time, but a caution
+  to be sure to follow the instructions carefully, and make sure that
+  the development keys in the repo are never used in a production
+  system.
+
 ## Version 1.7.0
 
 The 1.7.0 release of MCUBoot adds support for the Mbed-OS platform,

repository.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ repo.versions:
     "1.7.0": "v1.7.0"
     "1.7.1": "v1.7.1"
     "1.7.2": "v1.7.2"
+    "1.8.0": "v1.8.0-rc1"
 
     "0-dev": "0.0.0"        # main
     "0-latest": "1.7.2"     # latest stable release

scripts/imgtool/__init__.py

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-imgtool_version = "1.7.0"
+imgtool_version = "1.8.0rc1"