Merge branch '1.8' into 4034_fix_download_url2

CHANGES

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Deprecated
 Features added
 --------------
 
+* #5388: Ensure frozen object descriptions are reproducible
+
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #5348: download reference to remote file is not displayed
 * #5282: html theme: ``pygments_style`` of theme was overrided by ``conf.py``
   by default
+* #4379: toctree shows confusible warning when document is excluded
+* #2401: autodoc: ``:members:`` causes ``:special-members:`` not to be shown
+* autodoc: ImportError is replaced by AttributeError for deeper module
 * #2720, #4034: Incorrect links with ``:download:``, duplicate names, and
   parallel builds
 
@@ -286,8 +291,8 @@ Documentation
 * #5083: Fix wrong make.bat option for internationalization.
 * #5115: napoleon: add admonitions added by #4613 to the docs.
 
-Release 1.7.9 (in development)
-==============================
+Release 1.7.10 (in development)
+===============================
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
@@ -307,6 +312,19 @@ Bugs fixed
 Testing
 --------
 
+Release 1.7.9 (released Sep 05, 2018)
+=====================================
+
+Features added
+--------------
+
+* #5359: Make generated texinfo files reproducible by sorting the anchors
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+* #5361: crashed on incremental build if document uses include directive
+
 Release 1.7.8 (released Aug 29, 2018)
 =====================================