Can you update the release?

[pmeth]

I have started using composer to bring in PHPExcel and I prefer to use the stable release for dependencies whenever possible.

However, there is a bug in 1.8.0 that is causing my unit tests to fail and it has already been fixed in develop branch, but has not been merged into master and the release.

The bugfix I am talking about is 9a38a53.

For now in my composer.json I have

{
    "require": {
        "phpoffice/phpexcel": "dev-develop#9a38a531daa273b7381451482f12d9f614f3976d",
        ...
    }
}

to get this bugfix, but I worry I may be getting some experimental features when doing so.

It also looks like there has not been a release in 6 months, even though there is active development and lots of bugs are getting fixed.

So, I was wondering if you could perhaps release 1.8.1 that includes the bugfix I mentioned above (plus I am sure there are several other fixes that could be in it)?

[MarkBaker]

Release 1.8.1 will be available probably within the next two weeks, certainly by the end of the month

[ThaDafinser]

@MarkBaker @pmeth got the same issue. Can we expect a release soon?

Any parts we can help to get a release out?

[tomzx]

1.8.1 has been released May 1st, 2015.

This can be closed.