Upstream announcement:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2020-01/msg00002.html
For the lazy:
> * Noteworthy changes in release 4.8 (2020-01-14) [stable]
>
> ** Bug fixes
>
> "sed -i" now creates temporary files with correct umask (limited to u=rwx).
> Previously sed would incorrectly set umask on temporary files, resulting
> in problems under certain fuse-like file systems.
> [bug introduced in sed 4.2.1]
>
> ** Release
>
> distribute gzip-compressed tarballs once again
>
> ** Improvements
>
> a year's worth of gnulib development, including improved DFA performance
Signed-off-by: Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
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