[update docs] release 1.16.8

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@gmod/jbrowse",
   "main": "browser/main.js",
-  "version": "1.16.8-alpha.0",
+  "version": "1.16.8",
   "description": "JBrowse - client-side genome browser",
   "repository": "https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse.git",
   "scripts": {

release-notes.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{$NEXT}}
+# Release 1.16.8     2020-02-05 01:37:43 UTC
 
 ## Bug fixes
 

src/JBrowse/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "JBrowse",
-    "version": "1.16.8-alpha.0",
+    "version": "1.16.8",
     "copyright":"© 2007-2017 The Evolutionary Software Foundation",
     "main": "main",
     "dependencies": {

website/blog/2020-02-04-jbrowse-1-16-8.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: JBrowse 1.16.8 maintenance release
+date: 2020-02-04
+tags: ["News","Software releases"]
+---
+
+Hello everyone, this release is just fix for a bug that existed in JBrowse 1.16.7 when using GFF3Tabix. The bug only existed in 1.16.7 from our knowledge, please upgrade if you get a chance.
+
+*   [JBrowse-1.16.8.zip](https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse/releases/download/1.16.8-release/JBrowse-1.16.8.zip) - minified release
+*   [JBrowse-1.16.8-dev.zip](https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse/archive/1.16.8-release.zip) - use this if you modify jbrowse source code or use plugins
+*   [JBrowse-1.16.8-desktop-win32-x64.zip](https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse/releases/download/1.16.8-release/JBrowse-1.16.8-desktop-win32-x64.zip)
+*   [JBrowse-1.16.8-desktop-linux-x64.zip](https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse/releases/download/1.16.8-release/JBrowse-1.16.8-desktop-linux-x64.zip)
+*   [JBrowse-1.16.8-desktop-darwin-x64.zip](https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse/releases/download/1.16.8-release/JBrowse-1.16.8-desktop-darwin-x64.zip)
+
+
+
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+ * Fixed an regression that made corrupted features around bgzip block
+   boundaries. Related to <a href="https://github.com/gmod">@gmod</a>/tabix 1.2.0->1.3.2 fileOffset based feature ID.
+   Bug affected JBrowse 1.16.7 (<a href="https://github.com/gmod/jbrowse/issues/1464">issue #1464</a>)
+

website/siteConfig.js

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const createVariableInjectionPlugin = variables => {
 };
 
 const v = {
-  "version": "1.16.7"
+  "version": "1.16.8"
 };
 const siteVariables = {
   version: v.version,