[ANN] Rails 4.2.8.rc1 has been released!

[Rafael Mendonça França]

Hi everyone,

I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.8.rc1 has been released.

If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Wednesday, February 15, 2017.

If you find one, please open an [issue on GitHub](https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/new)

and mention me (@rafaelfranca) on it, so that we can fix it before the final release.

## CHANGES since 4.2.7.1

To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub:

* [Action Mailer CHANGELOG](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v4.2.8.rc1/actionmailer/CHANGELOG.md)

* [Action Pack CHANGELOG](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v4.2.8.rc1/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md)

* [Action View CHANGELOG](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v4.2.8.rc1/actionview/CHANGELOG.md)

* [Active Job CHANGELOG](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v4.2.8.rc1/activejob/CHANGELOG.md)

* [Active Model CHANGELOG](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v4.2.8.rc1/activemodel/CHANGELOG.md)

* [Active Record CHANGELOG](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v4.2.8.rc1/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md)

* [Active Support CHANGELOG](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v4.2.8.rc1/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md)

* [Railties CHANGELOG](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v4.2.8.rc1/railties/CHANGELOG.md)

*Full listing*

To see the full list of changes, [check out all the commits on

GitHub](https://github.com/rails/rails/compare/v4.2.7.1...v4.2.8.rc1).

## SHA-1

If you'd like to verify that your gem is the same as the one I've uploaded,

please use these SHA-1 hashes.

Here are the checksums for 4.2.8.rc1:

```

$ shasum *-4.2.8.rc1.gem

cb6ffe33124a95c84598437c3698f016acc30b01  actionmailer-4.2.8.rc1.gem

ed4c50bf4418ec6b82bf17cf41fcd8dd28a4c423  actionpack-4.2.8.rc1.gem

7ccc80e22af39350f0f2d8055663d1adb2320caa  actionview-4.2.8.rc1.gem

7dc4923abcbf3587c5aa6d6cf425ad0e3f69877e  activejob-4.2.8.rc1.gem

b97863c12a06beca60fe0f1e5760fd2e21f0d40d  activemodel-4.2.8.rc1.gem

40e7d2c780f8b0e70adb2a725fb773648539b4fe  activerecord-4.2.8.rc1.gem

edc12197ae5d6e13d6618c40143196ddd5debadd  activesupport-4.2.8.rc1.gem

04849eea3d5c5f20aa51b6dbd31357c9328d10ab  rails-4.2.8.rc1.gem

e05dce3a6c14b36b35bf1ea13433677e867602ae  railties-4.2.8.rc1.gem

```

As always, huge thanks to the many contributors who helped with this release.