docs: prep for 7.8.1

Author: nedbat

CHANGES.rst

@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ upgrading your version of coverage.py.
     ..  Version 9.8.1 — 2027-07-27
     ..  --------------------------
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+.. start-releases
+
+.. _changes_7-8-1:
+
+Version 7.8.1 — 2025-05-21
+--------------------------
 
 - A number of EncodingWarnings were fixed that could appear if you've enabled
   PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING, fixing `issue 1966`_.  Thanks, `Henry Schreiner
@@ -34,8 +38,6 @@ Unreleased
 .. _pull 1967: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/1967
 .. _issue 1970: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1970
 
-.. start-releases
-
 .. _changes_7-8-0:
 
 Version 7.8.0 — 2025-03-30

README.rst

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Coverage.py runs on these versions of Python:
 
 .. PYVERSIONS
 
-* Python 3.9 through 3.14 alpha 6, including free-threading.
+* Python 3.9 through 3.14 beta 1, including free-threading.
 * PyPy3 versions 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11.
 
 Documentation is on `Read the Docs`_.  Code repository and issue tracker are on

coverage/version.py

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 # version_info: same semantics as sys.version_info.
 # _dev: the .devN suffix if any.
-version_info = (7, 8, 1, "alpha", 0)
-_dev = 1
+version_info = (7, 8, 1, "final", 0)
+_dev = 0
 
 
 def _make_version(

doc/conf.py

@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@
 # @@@ editable
 copyright = "2009–2025, Ned Batchelder" # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
 # The short X.Y.Z version.
-version = "7.8.0"
+version = "7.8.1"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "7.8.0"
+release = "7.8.1"
 # The date of release, in "monthname day, year" format.
-release_date = "March 30, 2025"
+release_date = "May 21, 2025"
 # @@@ end
 
 rst_epilog = f"""

doc/index.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ supported on:
 
 .. PYVERSIONS
 
-* Python 3.9 through 3.14 alpha 6, including free-threading.
+* Python 3.9 through 3.14 beta 1, including free-threading.
 * PyPy3 versions 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11.
 
 .. ifconfig:: prerelease