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prelude: |
  The Kolla ``8.0.0`` release is the first release in the Stein cycle.
  Highlights include full support for the OpenStack Monasca project,
  support for the Placement service which has been extracted from Nova,
  and an ``xtrabackup`` image for taking database backups. This release
  also lays the groundwork for Python 3 support in the Train release.