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Update release notes for TensorFlow 2.8.0

RELEASE.md

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 # Release 2.8.0
 
-<INSERT SMALL BLURB ABOUT RELEASE FOCUS AREA AND POTENTIAL TOOLCHAIN CHANGES>
-
-# Breaking Changes
-
-* <DOCUMENT BREAKING CHANGES HERE>
-* <THIS SECTION SHOULD CONTAIN API, ABI AND BEHAVIORAL BREAKING CHANGES>
-
-# Known Caveats
-
-* <CAVEATS REGARDING THE RELEASE (BUT NOT BREAKING CHANGES).>
-* <ADDING/BUMPING DEPENDENCIES SHOULD GO HERE>
-* <KNOWN LACK OF SUPPORT ON SOME PLATFORM, SHOULD GO HERE>
-
 # Major Features and Improvements
 
 *   `tf.lite`:
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         rank 2 or above by specifying the output shape in the feature config
         or via the build method.
 
-*   <INSERT MAJOR FEATURE HERE, USING MARKDOWN SYNTAX>
-
-*   <IF RELEASE CONTAINS MULTIPLE FEATURES FROM SAME AREA, GROUP THEM TOGETHER>
-
 # Bug Fixes and Other Changes
 
-* <SIMILAR TO ABOVE SECTION, BUT FOR OTHER IMPORTANT CHANGES / BUG FIXES>
-* <IF A CHANGE CLOSES A GITHUB ISSUE, IT SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED HERE>
-* <NOTES SHOULD BE GROUPED PER AREA>
 * `tf.data`:
   * The optimization `parallel_batch` now becomes default if not disabled by
     users, which will parallelize copying of batch elements.
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 This release contains contributions from many people at Google, as well as:
 
-<INSERT>, <NAME>, <HERE>, <USING>, <GITHUB>, <HANDLE>
+8bitmp3, Adam Lanicek, ag.ramesh, alesapin, Andrew Goodbody, annasuheyla, Ariel Elkin, Arnab Dutta, Ben Barsdell, bhack, cfRod, Chengji Yao, Christopher Bate, dan, Dan F-M, David Korczynski, DEKHTIARJonathan, dengzhiyuan, Deven Desai, Duncan Riach, Eli Osherovich, Ewout Ter Hoeven, ez2take, Faijul Amin, fo40225, Frederic Bastien, gadagashwini, Gauri1 Deshpande, Georgiy Manuilov, Guilherme De Lázari, Guozhong Zhuang, H1Gdev, homuler, Hongxu Jia, Jacky_Yin, jayfurmanek, jgehw, Jhalak Patel, Jinzhe Zeng, Johan Gunnarsson, Jonathan Dekhtiar, Kaixi Hou, Kanvi Khanna, Kevin Cheng, Koan-Sin Tan, Kruglov-Dmitry, Kun Lu, Lemo, Lequn Chen, long.chen, Louis Sugy, Mahmoud Abuzaina, Mao, Marius Brehler, Mark Harfouche, Martin Patz, Maxiwell S. Garcia, Meenakshi Venkataraman, Michael Melesse, Mrinal Tyagi, Måns Nilsson, Nathan John Sircombe, Nathan Luehr, Nilesh Agarwalla, Oktay Ozturk, Patrice Vignola, Pawel-Polyai, Rama Ketineni, Ramesh Sampath, Reza Rahimi, Rob Suderman, Robert Kalmar, Rohit Santhanam, Sachin Muradi, Saduf2019, Samuel Marks, Shi,Guangyong, Sidong-Wei, Srinivasan Narayanamoorthy, Srishti Srivastava, Steven I Reeves, stevenireeves, Supernovae, Tamas Bela Feher, Tao Xu, Thibaut Goetghebuer-Planchon, Thomas Schmeyer, tilakrayal, Valery Mironov, Victor Guo, Vignesh Kothapalli, Vishnuvardhan Janapati, wamuir, Wang,Quintin, William Muir, William Raveane, Yash Goel, Yimei Sun, Yong Tang, Yuduo Wu
 
 
 # Release 2.7.0