Updated changelog for release 1.8

debian/changelog

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+picamera (1.8-1) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * A new chapter on detecting and correcting deprecated functionality was
+    added to the docs (#149)
+  * Stereoscopic cameras are now tentatively supported on the Pi compute
+    module.  Please note I have no hardware for testing this, so the
+    implementation is possibly (probably!) wrong; bug reports welcome! (#153)
+  * Text annotation functionality has been extended; up to 255 characters are
+    now possible, and the new annotate_frame_num attribute adds rendering of
+    the current frame number. In addition, the new annotate_background flag
+    permits a dark background to be rendered behind all annotations for
+    contrast (#160)
+  * Arbitrary image overlays can now be drawn on the preview using the new
+    add_overlay method. A new recipe has been included demonstrating overlays
+    from PIL images and numpy arrays. As part of this work the preview system
+    was substantially changed; all older scripts should continue to work but
+    please be aware that most preview attributes are now deprecated; the new
+    preview attribute replaces them (#144)
+  * Image effect parameters can now be controlled via the new
+    image_effect_params attribute (#143)
+  * A bug in the handling of framerates meant that long exposures (>1s)
+    weren't operating correctly. This *should* be fixed, but I'd be grateful
+    if users could test this and let me know for certain (Exif metadata
+    reports the configured exposure speed so it can't be used to determine if
+    things are actually working) (#135)
+  * A bug in 1.7 broke compatibility with older firmwares (resulting in an
+    error message mentioning "mmal_queue_timedwait"). The library should now
+    on older firmwares (#154)
+  * Finally, the confusingly named crop attribute was changed to a deprecated
+    alias for the new zoom attribute (#146)
+
+ -- Dave Hughes <[email protected]>  Sat, 06 Sep 2014 01:31:56 +0100
+
 picamera (1.7-1) stable; urgency=low
 
   * Text overlay on preview, image, and video output is now possible (#16)