v2.8.0-RC2

Release Candidate (RC2)

Java Zulu 25+.

Maven release

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Version 2.8.0-rc2 November 2026

o Fix BEAGLE loading on macOS in the 2.8 release #181
o Let AVMN move trees again through a scalable input on LogTransform (with the full dilation Jacobian), connect the tree to the AVMN log transform in BEAUti, and fix the legacy AVMN Hastings ratio for trees #180 #184
o Use spec ScaleTreeOperator for the tree root scaler in BEAUti templates #182
o Fix OffsetInt.calculateLogP() double-subtracting offset, and clamp its bounds to avoid int overflow #188
o Take IntVectorParam bounds from the domain and priors, not just setLower/setUpper #194
o Add scalar support in IntRandomWalkOperator #176
o Ensure true=1 false=0 when converting a boolean log column, and compute its statistics as integers instead of NaN #177
o Add Randomizer.setSeedReproducible so a fixed seed gives a fixed random stream #186
o Fix spec beast2vs1 slow tests: BEAST 1.8.4 EBSP expectations, ploidy 2, and 3-SE tolerances; delete legacy beast2vs1 tests duplicated by spec tests #192 #193
o Calibrate LogNormal operator-test tolerances and make the UpDown test model proper #195
o Disable starbeast1 slow tests #183