v1.8.0

GLM v1.8.0

Diff since v1.7.0

Closed issues:

• Canonical link for negative binomial distribution (#476)

Merged pull requests:

• Update the perf script. (#433) (@dmbates)
• Adding PowerLink link function in GLM (#474) (@ayushpatnaikgit)
• Fix mention of canonical link for NegativeBinomial (#478) (@nalimilan)
• Adding geometric distribution for GLM.jl (#480) (@ayushpatnaikgit)
• CompatHelper: bump compat for "StatsFuns" to "1.0" (#484) (@github-actions[bot])