Add the news post for the 2.1.8 release.

_config.yml

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 releases:
   devel:
-    version: 2.1.7
-    date: 2024-07-01
-    news: /news/2024/anope-217-release.html
-    source: https://github.com/anope/anope/archive/refs/tags/2.1.7.tar.gz
-    windows: https://github.com/anope/anope/releases/download/2.1.7/anope-2.1.7.exe
+    version: 2.1.8
+    date: 2024-09-01
+    news: /news/2024/anope-218-release.html
+    source: https://github.com/anope/anope/archive/refs/tags/2.1.8.tar.gz
+    windows: https://github.com/anope/anope/releases/download/2.1.8/anope-2.1.8.exe
   stable:
     version: 2.0.16
     date: 2024-07-19

_posts/2020s/2024-09-01-anope-218-release.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: Anope 2.1.8 Release
+author: Sadie
+category: 2024
+---
+
+Anope 2.1.8 has been released. This is a development release.
+
+The most notable changes are:
+
+- Added account identifiers to the nickserv/info output.
+- Added module:preservedisplay to the nickserv module.
+- Added support for bool, float, and uint SQL columns.
+- Added the ability to automatically determine SQL column types based on the native type.
+- Added the nickserv/drop/display oper privilege.
+- Added UNIX socket support to mysql module.
+- Changed smartjoin to use SendClearBans where available.
+- Dropped support for MinGW in favour of native builds.
+- Fixed parsing named extbans on InspIRCd.
+- Fixed parsing SVSMODE and SVS2MODE from UnrealIRCd.
+- Fixed sending global messages to remotely linked servers.
+- Removed the services server name from the CTCP version response.
+
+The full change log can be found in the `docs` directory or on [GitHub](https://github.com/anope/anope/compare/2.1.7...2.1.8).
+
+Users who want to test out new features are encouraged to upgrade. Before upgrading you may wish to take a backup of your databases and read the [upgrading guide](/upgrading.html). If you encounter any incompatibilities that aren't mentioned on this page then [please open an issue](https://github.com/anope/website/issues/new).
+
+SHA256 Sum: `8547ce5ef43e010f64a35a1d83fb89567e795589e4661b5f8b0bec7fcd650f52` [anope-2.1.8.tar.gz](https://github.com/anope/anope/archive/refs/tags/2.1.8.tar.gz)
+\
+SHA256 Sum: `b349f3b1b9ab982ab7b54a663c94c8d9bc95e6d73fe077a306f2874b31ae2f42` [anope-2.1.8.exe](https://github.com/anope/anope/releases/download/2.1.8/anope-2.1.8.exe)