Moving version to 1.8.0-dev

Author: auto-differentiation-dev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ All notable changes to XAD will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+
 ## [1.7.0] - 2024-11-30
 
 This release features extensive performance improvements.
@@ -162,6 +175,8 @@ This is a patch release to ensure compatibility with QuantLib 1.33.
 
 Initial open-source release
 
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/compare/v1.7.0...HEAD
+
 [1.7.0]: https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0
 
 [1.6.0]: https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/compare/v1.5.2...v1.6.0

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+1.8.0-dev