Release note for #3256

Conflicts:
	CHANGELOG.txt
	CONTRIBUTORS.rst
	docs/releases/index.rst

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Avoid indexing unsaved field content on `save(update_fields=[...])` operations (Matt Westcott)
 
 
+1.8.1 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ * Fix: Reduced `Rendition.focal_point_key` field length to prevent migration failure when upgrading to Wagtail 1.8 on MySQL with `utf8` character encoding (Andy Chosak, Matt Westcott)
+
+
 1.8 (15.12.2016)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

CONTRIBUTORS.rst

@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ Contributors
 * Mikael Svensson
 * Peter Baumgartner
 * Matheus Bratfisch
+* Andy Chosak
 
 Translators
 ===========

docs/releases/1.8.1.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+============================================
+Wagtail 1.8.1 release notes - IN DEVELOPMENT
+============================================
+
+.. contents::
+    :local:
+    :depth: 1
+
+
+What's changed
+==============
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+ * Reduced ``Rendition.focal_point_key`` field length to prevent migration failure when upgrading to Wagtail 1.8 on MySQL with ``utf8`` character encoding (Andy Chosak, Matt Westcott)

docs/releases/index.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release notes
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    1.9
+   1.8.1
    1.8
    1.7
    1.6.3