Prepare 1.8.1

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 Version 1.8.1 (in development)
 ==============================
 
-* fix `#557`_
+* require aiorpcX 0.7.0 which fixes a bug causing silent shutdown of ElectrumX
+* fix `#557`_, `#559`_
+* tweaks related to log spew (I think mostly occurring with old versions
+  of Python)
 
 Version 1.8  (06 Aug 2018)
 ==========================
@@ -202,3 +205,4 @@ bitcoincash:qzxpdlt8ehu9ehftw6rqsy2jgfq4nsltxvhrdmdfpn
 .. _#534: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/issues/534
 .. _#538: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/issues/538
 .. _#557: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/issues/557
+.. _#559: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/issues/559

docs/conf.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
-VERSION="ElectrumX 1.8"
+VERSION="ElectrumX 1.8.1"
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 

electrumx/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = 'ElectrumX 1.8'
+version = 'ElectrumX 1.8.1'
 version_short = version.split()[-1]
 
 from electrumx.server.controller import Controller

setup.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import setuptools
-version = '1.8'
+version = '1.8.1'
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='electrumX',