Release 1.8

[dgarcia360]

Checklist

• [x] Update CHANGELOG
• [x] Write migration guide (if necessary)
• [x] Local testing with a couple of projects (e.g. cloud).
• [x] Release theme
• [x] Post announcement in forum: https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylladb-sphinx-theme-1-8/2970
• [x] Open PRs in the repositories that have the toolchain installed.

Core

• [x] Sphinx ScyllaDB theme
• [x] Scylla docs landing: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb-docs-homepage/pull/18
• [x] Cloud: https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-cloud-doc/pull/240
• [x] Open-source: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/pull/20832
• [ ] Enterprise: automatically added when backporting open-source changes

Tools

• [ ] Operator: https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/pull/2132
• [ ] Manager: https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-manager/pull/4047
• [ ] Migrator: https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-migrator/pull/216
• [ ] Monitoring: https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-monitoring/pull/2404

Drivers

• [x] Python driver: https://github.com/scylladb/python-driver/pull/378
• [x] Cpp driver: https://github.com/scylladb/cpp-driver/pull/98
• [ ] Java driver: Pending default branch answer
• [ ] Rust driver: https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-rust-driver/pull/1081

Tutorials

• [x] Carepet: https://github.com/scylladb/care-pet/pull/155
• [ ] Feature store: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb-feature-store/pull/15
• [ ] Scylla-cloud getting started: https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-cloud-getting-started/pull/40
• [ ] Gaming leaderboard: https://github.com/scylladb/gaming-leaderboard/pull/14
• [ ] Shopping cart: https://github.com/scylladb/shopping-cart/pull/8