[beam] branch master updated: Blog post for 2.8.0 release (#6852)

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commit 8c84dc8ae1796b19d09de450ab55ad94eb219332
Author: Ahmet Altay <aa...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Oct 29 17:43:13 2018 -0700

    Blog post for 2.8.0 release (#6852)
    
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+layout: post
+title:  "Apache Beam 2.8.0"
+date:   2018-10-29 00:00:01 -0800
+excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
+categories: blog
+authors:
+        - altay
+
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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+
+We are happy to present the new 2.8.0 release of Beam. This release includes both improvements and new functionality.
+See the [download page]({{ site.baseurl }}/get-started/downloads/#280-2018-10-26) for this release.<!--more-->
+For more information on changes in 2.8.0, check out the
+[detailed release notes](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12319527&version=12343985).
+
+## New Features / Improvements
+
+## Known Issues
+
+* [BEAM-4783](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-4783) Performance degradations in certain situations when Spark runner is used.
+
+### Dependency Upgrades
+
+* Elastic Search dependency upgraded to 6.3.2
+* google-cloud-pubsub dependency upgraded to 0.35.4
+* google-api-client dependency upgraded to 1.24.1
+* Updated Flink Runner to 1.5.3
+* Updated Spark runner to Spark version 2.3.2
+
+### SDKs
+
+* Python SDK added support for user state and timers.
+* Go SDK added support for side inputs.
+
+### Portability
+
+* [Python on Flink MVP](https://beam.apache.org/roadmap/portability/#python-on-flink) completed.
+
+### I/Os
+
+* Fixes to RedisIO non-prefix read operations.
+
+## Miscellaneous Fixes
+
+* Several bug fixes and performance improvements.
+
+## List of Contributors
+
+According to git shortlog, the following people contributed
+to the 2.8.0 release. Thank you to all contributors!
+
+Adam Horky, Ahmet Altay, Alan Myrvold, Aleksandr Kokhaniukov,
+Alex Amato, Alexey Romanenko, Aljoscha Krettek, Andrew Fulton,
+Andrew Pilloud, Ankur Goenka, Anton Kedin, Babu, Batkhuyag Batsaikhan, Ben Song,
+Bingfeng Shu, Boyuan Zhang, Chamikara Jayalath, Charles Chen,
+Christian Schneider, Cody Schroeder, Colm O hEigeartaigh, Daniel Mills,
+Daniel Oliveira, Dat Tran, David Moravek, Dusan Rychnovsky, Etienne Chauchot,
+Eugene Kirpichov, Gleb Kanterov, Heejong Lee, Henning Rohde, Ismaël Mejía,
+Jan Lukavský, Jaromir Vanek, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Jeff Klukas, Joar Wandborg,
+Jozef Vilcek, Julien Phalip, Julien Tournay, Juta, Jára Vaněk,
+Katarzyna Kucharczyk, Kengo Seki, Kenneth Knowles, Kevin Si, Kirill Kozlov,
+Kyle Winkelman, Logan HAUSPIE, Lukasz Cwik, Manu Zhang, Mark Liu,
+Matthias Baetens, Matthias Feys, Maximilian Michels, Melissa Pashniak,
+Micah Wylde, Michael Luckey, Mike Pedersen, Mikhail Gryzykhin, Novotnik,
+Petr, Ondrej Kvasnicka, Pablo Estrada, PaulVelthuis93, Pavel Slechta,
+Rafael Fernández, Raghu Angadi, Renat, Reuven Lax, Robbe Sneyders,
+Robert Bradshaw, Robert Burke, Rodrigo Benenson, Rong Ou, Ruoyun Huang,
+Ryan Williams, Sam Rohde, Scott Wegner, Shinsuke Sugaya, Shnitz, Simon P,
+Sindy Li, Stephen Lumenta, Stijn Decubber, Thomas Weise, Tomas Novak,
+Tomas Roos, Udi Meiri, Vaclav Plajt, Valentyn Tymofieiev, Vitalii Tverdokhlib,
+Xinyu Liu, XuMingmin, Yifan Zou, Yuan, Yueyang Qiu, aalbatross, amaliujia,
+cclauss, connelloG, daidokoro, deepyaman, djhworld, flyisland, huygaa11,
+jasonkuster, jglezt, kkpoon, mareksimunek, nielm, svXaverius, timrobertson100,
+vaclav.plajt@gmail.com, vitaliytv, vvarma, xiliu, xinyuiscool, xitep,
+Łukasz Gajowy.