Testnet - v1.18.8

This is a Testnet release. It is not recommended for Mainnet Beta.

What's Changed

• v1.18: [anza migration]: add 'agave=info' to default log level (backport of #223) by @mergify in #243
• v1.18: [anza migration] fix: use the correct log filter for non-unix (backport of #245) by @mergify in #288
• v1.18: cli: skip no-op program buffer writes (backport of #277) by @mergify in #308
• [anza migration] v1.18: Use agave prefix in scripts for pre-installed binaries (backport of #155) by @mergify in #350
• v1.18: [anza migration]: fix download link for net scripts (backport of #219) by @mergify in #352
• v1.18: Revert deprecate executable feature (backport of #309) by @mergify in #337
• v1.18: Update maximum credits awarded per vote from 8 to 16 by @AshwinSekar in #324
• v1.18: rpc-sts: add config options for stake-weighted qos (backport of #197) by @mergify in #341
• v1.18: Scheduler - prioritization fees/cost (solana-labs#34888) by @apfitzge in #187
• v1.18: relax stake split destination check (backport of #162) by @mergify in #368
• v1.18: Discard packets statically known to fail (backport of #370) by @mergify in #375
• v1.18: Cli stake-split: adjust transfer amount if recipient has lamports (backport of #266) by @mergify in #369
• v1.18: client: Start resending sooner during send_and_confirm_transactions_in_parallel (backport of #348) by @mergify in #357
• Back-port Bump platform tools version (from solana-labs/solana solana-labs#35330) by @LucasSte in #362
• v1.18: Add --with-compute-unit-price to cli program deploy commands (backport of #364) by @mergify in #392
• v1.18: client: Timeout resends during send_and_confirm_in_parallel (backport of #358) by @mergify in #384
• v1.18: Fix: deploy program on last slot of epoch during environment change (backport of #101) by @mergify in #387
• v1.18: Make the quic server connection table use an async lock, reducing thrashing (backport of #293) by @mergify in #300

Full Changelog: v1.18.7...v1.18.8