Prepare 0.8.0 release (#735)

* move release notes * add missing note
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diff --git a/...backend-reservation-c445db6d8de5a896.yaml → ...backend-reservation-c445db6d8de5a896.yaml b/...backend-reservation-c445db6d8de5a896.yaml → ...backend-reservation-c445db6d8de5a896.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    List new features here, or remove this section.  All of the list items in
-    this section are combined when the release notes are rendered, so the text
-    needs to be worded so that it does not depend on any information only
-    available in another section, such as the prelude. This may mean repeating
-    some details.
     :class:`~qiskit.providers.ibmq.IBMQBackend` now has a new
     :meth:`~qiskit.providers.ibmq.IBMQBackend.reservations` method that
     returns reservation information for the backend, with optional filtering.

diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/0.8/deprecate-qconfig-4ab8cd1f988b5624.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.8/deprecate-qconfig-4ab8cd1f988b5624.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Use of ``Qconfig.py`` to save IBM Quantum Experience credentials is deprecated
+    and will be removed in the next release. You should use ``qiskitrc``
+    (the default) instead.
diff --git a/...rr-msg-in-exception-196b51c52539c8d4.yaml → ...rr-msg-in-exception-196b51c52539c8d4.yaml b/...rr-msg-in-exception-196b51c52539c8d4.yaml → ...rr-msg-in-exception-196b51c52539c8d4.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ features:
   - |
     :meth:`qiskit.providers.ibmq.job.IBMQJob.result` raises an
     :class:`~qiskit.providers.ibmq.job.IBMQJobFailureError` exception if
-    the job has failed. The exception message will now contain the reason
+    the job has failed. The exception message now contains the reason
     the job failed, if the entire job failed for a single reason.
diff --git a/...tes/job-client-info-4ebded509a1e09eb.yaml → ...0.8/job-client-info-4ebded509a1e09eb.yaml b/...tes/job-client-info-4ebded509a1e09eb.yaml → ...0.8/job-client-info-4ebded509a1e09eb.yaml
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/0.8/jobs-timeout-210cc485a11a4c88.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.8/jobs-timeout-210cc485a11a4c88.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes an issue wherein a call to :meth:`qiskit.providers.ibmq.IBMQBackend.jobs`
+    can hang if the number of jobs being returned is large. Fixes
+    `#674 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibmq-provider/issues/674>`_
diff --git a/...gedresult-to-result-1bb684c23bca3734.yaml → ...gedresult-to-result-1bb684c23bca3734.yaml b/...gedresult-to-result-1bb684c23bca3734.yaml → ...gedresult-to-result-1bb684c23bca3734.yaml
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/0.8/offline-visualization-f3edb7d9999e0d4a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.8/offline-visualization-f3edb7d9999e0d4a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes an issue which would raise a ``ValueError`` when building
+    error maps in Jupyter for backends that are offline. Fixes
+    `#706 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibmq-provider/issues/706>`_
diff --git a/...operties-local-time-c54dc119cdea6474.yaml → ...operties-local-time-c54dc119cdea6474.yaml b/...operties-local-time-c54dc119cdea6474.yaml → ...operties-local-time-c54dc119cdea6474.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ upgrade:
     Timestamps in the following fields are now in local time instead of UTC:
 
     * Backend properties returned by
-      meth:`qiskit.providers.ibmq.IBMQBackend.properties`.
+      :meth:`qiskit.providers.ibmq.IBMQBackend.properties`.
     * Backend properties returned by
       :meth:`qiskit.providers.ibmq.job.IBMQJob.properties`.
     * ``estimated_start_time`` and ``estimated_complete_time`` in

diff --git a/...otes/notes/use-reno-41f4ddbc6e9ad9bd.yaml → .../notes/0.8/use-reno-41f4ddbc6e9ad9bd.yaml b/...otes/notes/use-reno-41f4ddbc6e9ad9bd.yaml → .../notes/0.8/use-reno-41f4ddbc6e9ad9bd.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 fixes:
   - |
-    :meth:`qiskit.provider.ibmq.IBMQBackend.jobs` will now return the correct
-    list of :class:`~qiskit.provider.ibmq.job.IBMQJob` objects when the
+    :meth:`qiskit.providers.ibmq.IBMQBackend.jobs` will now return the correct
+    list of :class:`~qiskit.providers.ibmq.job.IBMQJob` objects when the
     ``status`` kwarg is set to ``'RUNNING'``.
   - |
     The package metadata has been updated to properly reflect the dependency

diff --git a/.../notes/websockets-8-af66f3753eebb4db.yaml → ...es/0.8/websockets-8-af66f3753eebb4db.yaml b/.../notes/websockets-8-af66f3753eebb4db.yaml → ...es/0.8/websockets-8-af66f3753eebb4db.yaml
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/0.8/windows-event-loop-policy-ca95b9606ff24022.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/0.8/windows-event-loop-policy-ca95b9606ff24022.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    On Windows, the event loop policy is set to ``WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy``
+    instead of using the default ``WindowsProactorEventLoopPolicy``. This fixes
+    the issue that the :meth:`qiskit.providers.ibmq.job.IBMQJob.result` method
+    could hang on Windows. Fixes
+    `#691 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibmq-provider/issues/691>`_
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-qconfig-4ab8cd1f988b5624.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-qconfig-4ab8cd1f988b5624.yaml