release: update docs for v1.2.8 (#482)

AUTHORS.md

@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@
 * ancbro - [**@ancbro**](http://github.com/ancbro)
 * Grandroid - [**@Grandroid**](http://github.com/Grandroid)
 * Oscar Elhanafey - [**@Ooelhana**](http://github.com/Ooelhana)
+* Miguel Pinto - [**@rocas777**](http://github.com/rocas777)
+* Pimts - [**@pimts**](http://github.com/pimts)
+* iwodder - [**@iwodder**](http://github.com/iwodder)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 # EduMIPS64 ChangeLog
 
 ## 1.2.8 (NLMS)
+### Added
+- New experimental command-line interface, started with the --headless command-line option
+- Windows installer (MSI)
+
 ### Changed
 - EduMIPS64 now uses Java 11, to benefit from modern Java features
 - Adopted picocli for command-line options
 - Removed the JAR with no bundled dependencies, since start-up now depends on picocli
 
 ### Fixed
 - Factor out the argv parsing logic (Issue #199)
+- LUI instruction throws IndexOutOfBoundsException (Issue #475)
+- Missing help in JAR (Issue #476)
+- Fix italian flag icon (Issue #420)
+- Code quality improvements
 
 ## 1.2.7.1 (13/04/2020) - Hope
 ### Fixed

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,14 +1,30 @@
-# EduMIPS64 version 1.2.7.1
+# EduMIPS64 version 1.2.8
 
-*13th of April, 2020*
+*22nd of October, 2020*
 
 EduMIPS64 is a GPL MIPS64 Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) simulator and graphical debugger.
 
-## Notes for this release:
+## Notes for this release
 
-This is version 1.2.7.1 of EduMIPS64, a minor bug-fix release. Its codename is Hope, because that's what helps us during the COVID-19 lockdown, and also as a reference to the upcoming Easter.
+This is version 1.2.8 of EduMIPS64. Its codename is NLMS, to remember my late father
+Nicola Luigi Maria Spadaccini, who left us last month.
 
-This release fixes 2 minor issues introduced in 1.2.7.
+This version contains a few bug fixes (including a fix for the LUI
+instruction which was completely broken) and a new experimental CLI interface
+(which you can enter by using the `--headless` command-line flag).
+
+This is also the first version to be distributed as a Windows MSI installer, which contains
+a JRE and everything you need to run the simulator on Windows without needing external
+dependencies. As usual, the simulator is also distributed as a JAR and via the Snapcraft store.
+
+This version contains contributions from the following people, listed in no particular order:
+
+* iwodder - [**@iwodder**](http://github.com/iwodder)
+* Miguel Pinto - [**@rocas777**](http://github.com/rocas777)
+* Oscar Elhanafey - [**@Ooelhana**](http://github.com/Ooelhana)
+* Paolo Viotti - [**@pviotti**](http://github.com/pviotti)
+* Pimts - [**@pimts**](http://github.com/pimts)
+* Andrea Spadaccini - [**@lupino3**](http://github.com/lupino3)
 
 Please keep in mind that this is still EXPERIMENTAL SOFTWARE. It may
 BURN YOUR HARD DISK, DESTROY ALL YOUR DATA and even GO OUT WITH YOUR
@@ -20,7 +36,19 @@ EduMIPS64 is hosted on GitHub: www.github.com/EduMIPS64/edumips64.
 
 Our web site is www.edumips.org, and our development blog is http://edumips64.blogspot.com.
 
-## New in this release since version 1.2.7
+## Main changes since 1.2.7.1
+### Added
+- New experimental command-line interface, started with the --headless command-line option
+- Windows installer (MSI)
+
+### Changed
+- EduMIPS64 now uses Java 11, to benefit from modern Java features
+- Adopted picocli for command-line options
+- Removed the JAR with no bundled dependencies, since start-up now depends on picocli
+
 ### Fixed
-- div.d incorrectly emits SEVERE logging statement (Issue #315)
-- Issues with v1.2.7 packages (Issue #311)
+- Factor out the argv parsing logic (Issue #199)
+- LUI instruction throws IndexOutOfBoundsException (Issue #475)
+- Missing help in JAR (Issue #476)
+- Fix italian flag icon (Issue #420)
+- Code quality improvements