Release Play 2.8.7

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Preparing the release

Better to do this in advance:

• [x] Make sure that other teams inside Lightbend are aware of the upcoming release, even if it is a minor/patch one
  • [x] Lightbend Telemetry Team
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Do the Release (Full document)

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  • [x] Look for PRs that should be merged.
  • [x] Look at status:needs-backport, status:needs-forwardport, status:needs-backport-2.6 issues/PRs (including closed ones).
  • [x] Look at issues/PRs tagged milestone version (including closed ones).
  • [x] Update any dependencies that are needed. (e.g JDK, Scala)
  • [x] Make sure play uses new play-json, play-ws, twirl

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  • [ ] Write a blog post on https://playframework.ghost.io/ghost/24 about the release.
  • [x] Write a topic on https://discuss.lightbend.com/
  • [x] Write a release on https://github.com/playframework/playframework/releases
  • [x] Send an internal email to eng-updates
  • [ ] Tweet about the new release.

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Play 2.8.6 and 2.7.9 Released