Designate 1.8.0rc1 release

Author: jarrodmillman

README.rst

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 numpydoc -- Numpy's Sphinx extensions
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-   :target: https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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 This package provides the ``numpydoc`` Sphinx extension for handling
 docstrings formatted according to the NumPy documentation format.
 The extension also adds the code description directives

doc/release/notes.rst

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-1.8.0rc0
+1.8.0rc1
 ========
 
-We're happy to announce the release of numpydoc 1.8.0rc0!
+We're happy to announce the release of numpydoc 1.8.0rc1!
 
 Enhancements
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numpydoc/_version.py

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-__version__ = "1.8.0rc1.dev0"
+__version__ = "1.8.0rc1"