Add 2.8.0 in the Changelog

5 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7fecf285f..7fdc1c299 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Pylint's ChangeLog
 ------------------
 
+What's New in Pylint 2.8.0?
+===========================
+
+
+
 What's New in Pylint 2.7.0?
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/doc/release.md b/doc/release.md
index fe9d0e7b8..a793a646a 100644
--- a/doc/release.md
+++ b/doc/release.md
@@ -58,13 +58,16 @@ if it's an issue labelled as blocker.
 ### Files to update after releases
 
 #### Changelog
-Create a new section, with the name of the release ``X.Y.Z+1`` (or ``X.Y+1.0`` for
-major release) and the estimated date when it is going to be published. If
+
+* Create a new section, with the name of the release ``X.Y.Z+1`` on the ``X.Y`` branch.
+* If it's a major release, also create a new section for ``X.Y+1.0`` on the master branch
+
+You need to add the estimated date when it is going to be published. If
 no date can be known at that time, we should use ``Undefined``.
 
 #### Whatsnew
 
-Only for major release, create a new ``What's new in Pylint X.Y+1`` document
+If it's a major release, create a new ``What's new in Pylint X.Y+1`` document
 Take a look at the examples from ``doc/whatsnew``.
 
 ### Versions
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.8.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.8.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7806b1a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.8.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+**************************
+ What's New in Pylint 2.8
+**************************
+
+:Release: 2.8
+:Date: undefined
+
+Summary -- Release highlights
+=============================
+
+
+New checkers
+============
+
+
+Other Changes
+=============
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/whatsnew/index.rst
index 8f7b7b4c3..548962f48 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ High level descriptions of the most important changes between major Pylint versi
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   2.8.rst
    2.7.rst
    2.6.rst
    2.5.rst
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 5d05f76ba..5d78adfea 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 from os.path import join
 
 # For an official release, use dev_version = None
-numversion = (2, 7, 0)
-dev_version = None
+numversion = (2, 8, 0)
+dev_version = 1
 
 version = ".".join(str(num) for num in numversion)
 if dev_version is not None: