There seemed to be and instead we are still beta.
This is an important upgrade, since the server 1.8 does not you can play with older versions.
The changelog for the players is this:
Version 1.7.14-1.8beta7:
* Language and i18n:
* Updated translations: Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Estonian,
Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Serbian.
* Multiplayer:
* Fixed A New Land not working when there are empty sides.
* User interface:
* The empty spots in the game list in the lobby are gone.
* Miscellaneous and bugfixes:
* Fix WML-generated units and MP leaders receiving only the Neutral
alignment.
* Language and i18n:
* Updated translations: Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Estonian,
Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Serbian.
* Multiplayer:
* Fixed A New Land not working when there are empty sides.
* User interface:
* The empty spots in the game list in the lobby are gone.
* Miscellaneous and bugfixes:
* Fix WML-generated units and MP leaders receiving only the Neutral
alignment.
If you have assets you just update repositories.
Warning: the first stable relase the repository layout will change and will be used only as described here
1.7.15 aka 1.8rc1
1.8.2