Prepare 1.8.1-rc.1

Author: palango

Diff for: params/version.go

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ import (
 // On release branches, it should be a beta or stable.  For example:
 // "1.3.0-beta", "1.3.0-beta.2", etc. and then "1.3.0-stable", "1.3.1-stable", etc.
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 8          // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 0          // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1      // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 8      // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 1      // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "rc.1" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.