1.0a8 release notes

[simonw]

Refs:

• 1.0a8 release notes and upgrade instructions #2243

1.0a7...503545b

Preview: https://datasette--2251.org.readthedocs.build/en/2251/changelog.html

To cover:

• Plugin configuration in datasette.yml
• JSON/YAML examples in docs
• No more parallel query execution
• DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API #2057
• feat: Javascript Plugin API (Custom panels, column menu items with JS actions) #2052
• db.execute_isolated_fn() method #2220
• CSV export with ?_labels=on fails at first row with a foreign key that fails to resolve correctly #2214
• jinja2_environment_from_request plugin hook #2225
• ?_extra=columns parameter causes all rows to return "column-name": "column-name" #2230
• Add documentation for writing tests with signed actor cookies #1830
• Show how to register a plugin in a test fixture #2234
• Ability for plugins to collaborate when adding extra HTML to blocks in default templates #1191
• track_event() mechanism for analytics #2240

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📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://datasette--2251.org.readthedocs.build/en/2251/

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[simonw]

These are looking good! They're not quite enough for a release though as they don't cover the things I've not yet finished for the alpha:

• Treat allow blocks in metadata as if they were in config #2249
• datasette publish needs support for the new config/metadata split #2195