2.8.0

This feature release of the Ruby driver improves connection- and authentication- related diagnostics as well as streamlines handshake and authentication code.

The following issue has been fixed since 2.8.0.rc0:

• RUBY-1752 Mocking Time.now, reusing and mutating the mock value can break tests

Please review 2.8.0.rc0 release notes for the full list of changes.