Prepare 0.8.2 release (#1523)

Increment the version strings and add a prelude to the release notes.

Author: wshanks

docs/conf.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 version = os.getenv("VERSION_STRING", "0.8")
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = os.getenv("RELEASE_STRING", "0.8.1")
+release = os.getenv("RELEASE_STRING", "0.8.2")
 
 project = "Qiskit Experiments"
 copyright = f"2021-{datetime.date.today().year}, Qiskit Development Team"  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin

qiskit_experiments/VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.1
+0.8.2

releasenotes/notes/fix-jobv2-status-4cf3443e2f3a16b9.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ fixes:
 fixes_expdata:
   - |
     Fixed :class:`~.ExperimentData` not reporting the correct job status when
-    the job is of type :class:`~qiskit_ibm_runtime.RuntimeJobV2`.
+    the job is of type :class:`~qiskit_ibm_runtime.RuntimeJobV2`. See `#1512
+    <https://github.com/qiskit-community/qiskit-experiments/pull/1512>`__.
 developer:
   - |
     Added a function that returns the job status as :class:`qiskit.providers.jobstatus.JobStatus`:

releasenotes/notes/prelude-0.8.2-da9fc8763bcd5d4c.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    Qiskit Experiments 0.8.2 is a minor update to 0.8.1 to fix an issue with
+    tracking the job status of Qiskit IBM Runtime jobs.