[VOTE] Release 4.8.1, release candidate #0

Hi everyone, Please review and vote on the release candidate #0 for the version 4.8.1, as follows: [ ] +1, Approve the release [ ] -1, Do not approve the release (please provide specific comments) The complete staging area is available for your review, which includes: * Release notes [1] * The

Re: [VOTE] Release 4.8.1, release candidate #0

+1 (binding) - checked checksum and signatures of the staged artifacts on dist - checked RAT over the staged source artifacts - run unit tests on JDK8 on Linux (Fedora 27) - run tests on JDK10 over a few projects on Linux (Fedora 27) - run basic tests on JDK8 with localbookie and "standalone