Merge pull request #9654 from Tyrael/patch-1

CHANGELOG

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-v 8.0.0 (unreleased)
+v 8.0.0
   - Fix Markdown links not showing up in dashboard activity feed (Stan Hu)
   - Remove milestones from merge requests when milestones are deleted (Stan Hu)
   - Fix HTML link that was improperly escaped in new user e-mail (Stan Hu)