Resolve "Redis subscriber does not get new scan events on existing parents"

Closes #2798

See merge request !3770

Resolve "ICAT metadata objects no longer autocomplete"

Closes #2791

See merge request !3767

fix issue #2791: use autocomplete_property for SCAN_SAVING properties, and ensure jedi is properly patched

Pi and axisds

See merge request !3750

Resolve "CI of master is broken"

Closes #2793

See merge request !3763

Bug fix for 2 pinholes.

See merge request !3756

Resolve "HashObjSetting code improvement"

Closes #2790

See merge request !3757

Resolve "arc roi validation: mimic Lima validation procedure"

Closes #2781

See merge request !3743

Fix documentation typos in the dev/controller section

See merge request !3751

NewportXPS: remove 2s. delay after a move

See merge request !3744

add changelog for 1.8.0

See merge request !3742

Resolve "Scan and dataset metadata"

Closes #2769

See merge request !3724

ScanMeta: allow multiple metadata generators (i.e. with different registration names) to modify the same sub-tree of a metadata category (i.e. merge dictionaries instead of overwrite)

Merge branch '2676-musst_reset_cmd' into master

See merge request !3741

Resolve "add a _reset_cmd() to clear __last_md5 Cache on a RESET"

See merge request !3600

(cherry picked from commit 0c4feb14)

3b0a5089 musst controller: add _reset_cmd to also reset internal __last_md5.value

Replace all AcquisitioObject.fill_meta_at_scan* methods with single AcquisitioObject.get_acquisition_metadata(timing=None)