release/1.8.0

[atravitz]

release prep for v1.8.0

Make the PR:

• Create a new release-prep branch corresponding to the version name, e.g. release-prep-v1.2.0. Note: please follow semantic versioning.
• Check that all user-relevant updates are included in the news/ rever .rst files. You can backfill any additional items by making a new .rst, e.g. backfill.rst
• Run rever, e.g. rever 1.2.0. This will auto-commit docs/CHANGELOG.md and remove the .rst files from news/.
• Verify thatdocs/CHANGELOG.rst looks correct.
• Make the PR and verify that CI/CD passes.
• Merge the PR into main.
• Make a PR into the example notebooks repository to update the version used in showcase/openfe_showcase.ipynb and .binder/environment.yml

After Merging the PR follow this guide

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 93.09%. Comparing base (2c8feff) to head (e6634cf).

Additional details and impacted files

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- Coverage   95.36%   93.09%   -2.28%     
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- Hits        15770    15394     -376     
- Misses        766     1142     +376     

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[atravitz]

CI running on main: https://github.com/OpenFreeEnergy/openfe/actions/runs/20035584944

[mikemhenry]

LGTM! Just one nit on the "sentence per line" rule for rst files

[github-actions]

No API break detected ✅