Merge branch 'release-v23r8' into '2018-patches'

Release v23r8

See merge request !2490

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ find_package(GaudiProject)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Declare project name and version
-gaudi_project(Rec v23r7
-              USE Lbcom v22r2p1
+gaudi_project(Rec v23r8
+              USE Lbcom v22r3
               DATA TCK/HltTCK
                    ChargedProtoANNPIDParam VERSION v1r*
                    TMVAWeights)

ReleaseNotes/v23r8.md

+2021-07-06 Rec v23r8
+===
+
+This version uses
+Lbcom [v22r3](../../../../Lbcom/-/tags/v22r3),
+LHCb [v44r8](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v44r8),
+Gaudi [v29r5](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v29r5) and
+LCG [93](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/93/) with ROOT 6.12.06.
+
+This version is released on `2018-patches` branch. It is intended for 2018 incremental stripping (`S34r0p2`) and stripping in 2018 simulation workflows. Builds with gcc62 on centos7.
+
+Built relative to Rec [v23r7](../-/tags/v23r7), with the following changes:
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+- Fix an unprotected DEBUG, !2378 (@cattanem)
+