We are preparing to make a new Heimdal release.

Our current plan is to create the Heimdal 8 release branch in about 14 days,
around 10 June 2026.

Once the release branch is created, we would like to limit changes on that
branch to bug fixes only: no new features, and no significant behaviour
changes.

If you have work that you think should be included in this release and that
does not fall into the bug-fix category, please reply as soon as possible so
that we can evaluate it before the branch is created. If you have outstanding
pull requests that you believe should be included, please mention them
explicitly. Pull requests that already pass the full test suite will be much
easier for us to consider.

We plan to use a numbering scheme similar to Heimdal 7:

• 8.0.N will be Heimdal 8 release candidate N
• 8.1 will be the first official Heimdal 8 release
• Later Heimdal 8 releases will be bug-fix-only patch releases