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+===========================
+Salt 2014.1.8 Release Notes
+===========================
+
+:release: 2014-07-30
+
+Version 2014.1.8 is another bugfix release for :doc:`2014.1.0
+</topics/releases/2014.1.0>`.  Changes include:
+
+- Ensure salt-ssh will not continue if permissions on a temporary directory are
+  not correct.
+- Use the bootstrap script distributed with Salt instead of relying on an
+  external resource
+- Remove unused testing code
+- Ensure salt states are placed into the ``.salt`` directory in salt-ssh
+- Use a randomized path for temporary files in a salt-cloud deployment
+- Clean any stale directories to ensure a fresh copy of salt-ssh during a
+  deployment