[ofiwg] new libfabric v1.8.0 gold star release!

[Hefty, Sean]

The OpenFabrics Interfaces Working Group (OFIWG) and the Libfabric open-source community are pleased to announce the release of version v1.8.0 of libfabric and fabtests.  For a list of features and enhancements that have been added see:

https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/blob/v1.8.x/NEWS.md

Of note, libfabric v1.8.0 now includes support for AWS Elastic Fabric Adapter.  Downloads are available from:

https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/releases/tag/v1.8.0

Anticipated future releases are v1.8.1 sometime in Q3 (in the off chance that someone finds a bug in v1.8.0) and v1.9.0 toward the end of the year.

Thanks!
- Sean