prepared release of version 1.8.3

Author: dakshvar22

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning`_ starting with version 1.0.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+[1.8.3] - 2020-03-27
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+- `#5405 <https://github.com/rasahq/rasa/issues/5405>`_: Fixes issue where model always gets retrained if multiple NLU/story files are in a 
+  directory, by sorting the list of files.
+- `#5444 <https://github.com/rasahq/rasa/issues/5444>`_: Fixed ambiguous logging in `DIETClassifier` by adding the name of the calling class to the log message.
+- `#5506 <https://github.com/rasahq/rasa/issues/5506>`_: Set default value for ``weight_sparsity`` in ``ResponseSelector`` to ``0``.
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+- `#5302 <https://github.com/rasahq/rasa/issues/5302>`_: Improved documentation on how to build and deploy an action server image for use on other servers such as Rasa X deployments.
+
+
 [1.8.2] - 2020-03-19
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

changelog/5302.doc.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ exclude = "((.eggs | .git | .pytype | .pytest_cache | build | dist))"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "rasa"
-version = "1.8.2"
+version = "1.8.3"
 description = "Open source machine learning framework to automate text- and voice-based conversations: NLU, dialogue management, connect to Slack, Facebook, and more - Create chatbots and voice assistants"
 authors = [ "Rasa Technologies GmbH <[email protected]>",]
 maintainers = [ "Tom Bocklisch <[email protected]>",]

changelog/5405.bugfix.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # this file will automatically be changed,
 # do not add anything but the version number here!
-__version__ = "1.8.2"
+__version__ = "1.8.3"