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Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 07:58:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): v8.0.0

Versionary-Release: true
---
 .versionary-manifest.json |  6 +++---
 DESCRIPTION               |  2 +-
 NEWS.md                   | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 NEXT_RELEASE.md           |  3 ---
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 NEXT_RELEASE.md

diff --git a/.versionary-manifest.json b/.versionary-manifest.json
index 05857c9..6aff59a 100644
--- a/.versionary-manifest.json
+++ b/.versionary-manifest.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "manifest-version": 1,
-  "baseline-sha": "c4f099ba523a433ddb55147fe5d289f7fff7b11b",
+  "baseline-sha": "621a898f1e523df8f5d904a3543bb35dd1355ff8",
   "release-targets": [
     {
       "path": ".",
-      "version": "7.1.0",
-      "tag": "v7.1.0"
+      "version": "8.0.0",
+      "tag": "v8.0.0"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 26dd8e2..f99f146 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: eulerr
 Title: Area-Proportional Euler and Venn Diagrams with Ellipses
-Version: 7.1.0.9000
+Version: 8.0.0
 Authors@R: c(person("Johan", "Larsson", email = "johanlarsson@outlook.com",
                     role = c("aut", "cre"),
                     comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4029-5945")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 89d1df2..713d44a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,32 @@
-# eulerr (development version)
+# eulerr 8.0
+
+This is a major milestone for eulerr. The 8.0.0 release introduces a complete
+rewrite of the underlying C++ codebase, which now relies on the external Eunoia
+Rust library for fitting Euler diagrams.
+
+## Breaking changes
+
+- return sparse residuals ([`decc985`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/decc9856f7894296024af3b032f1f056800690ae))
+
+## Features
+
+- add `max_sets` in `control` for capping max sets ([`621a898`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/621a898f1e523df8f5d904a3543bb35dd1355ff8)), closes [#85](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/issues/85)
+- add `by_groups` to `plot()` for panel-specifics ([`f2d5533`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/f2d5533d594e0b920042a8b0906a39c0994661b0)), closes [#125](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/issues/125)
+- return sparse residuals ([`decc985`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/decc9856f7894296024af3b032f1f056800690ae))
+- update euonoia to 0.8.0 ([`ceb3138`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/ceb313841164760db83a2ac61796fbe9d15125c9))
+- update eunoia ([`530fb11`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/530fb11ad92b52d8a33d8ed6127bf111df95ffeb))
+- lower default tolerance ([`6400fae`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/6400fae1f2575542ece0871acf9198a34d00b4ff))
+- **plotting:** add `symbol_size` to configure legend symbol ([`1491a49`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/1491a494d6fb4d722279fe5d1478dfcb8a792c53)), closes [#60](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/issues/60)
+- **plotting:** add `rotate` parameter ([`706735c`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/706735cce7bbfbdf41165f0623a1f5221aaa471e)), closes [#12](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/issues/12)
+- **plots:** support `top` and `left` for labeling strips ([`c1a87fb`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/c1a87fb68f41dabda740095bd56adef7b2ec937b)), closes [#123](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/issues/123)
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- use `stats` namespace ([`72df9c8`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/72df9c81b03cf13672e46d48cb3406ae0e866e14))
+
+## Performance improvements
+
+- upgrade to eunoia 0.11.0 ([`021ceb4`](https://github.com/jolars/eulerr/commit/021ceb43bd4435b3c108995cc787b69cd9cb8cc5))
 
 ## Features
 
diff --git a/NEXT_RELEASE.md b/NEXT_RELEASE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 65c5ede..0000000
--- a/NEXT_RELEASE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-This is a major milestone for eulerr. The 8.0.0 release introduces a complete
-rewrite of the underlying C++ codebase, which now relies on the external Eunoia
-Rust library for fitting Euler diagrams.