Release v2.8.4

Author: GiovanniBussi

CHANGES/v2.8.md

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Changes from version 2.7 which are relevant for users:
 - Small fixes in the test suite to make sure `plumed` is always invoked with `--no-mpi` when testing for features. This avoids
   problems that were appearing when testing with some specific versions of OpenMPI.
 
-## Version 2.8.4
+## Version 2.8.4 (Jun 3, 2024)
 - Added the possibility to disable `RTLD_DEEPBIND` (see \issue{952}).
 - Fixed a bug in `switchingfunction` mode `Q` thanks to @nm3787, (see #951)
 - Improved error reporting in CUSTOM switching function: an error is thrown if one uses `x` and `x2` arguments simultaneously (reported by Olivier Languin-Cattoen).

VERSION.txt

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed info --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed info --long-version" will return the full string
-2.8.3
+2.8.4