Due to less time, I sadly could only contribute a small amount to NetBeans 8. Following is the report, I received today. Get inspired to contribute too.

Dear NetBeans User,

In the past you have taken the time to report issues that you encountered while 
using NetBeans software. A new version (NetBeans 8.0 
<http://netbeans.org/community/releases/80/>) has just been released,and we'd 
like to inform you that the following issue(s) you reported have been addressed 
in the new release:

201569 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201569>	no 
auto-completition for nested structures with generics
236185 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236185> 
[74cat]NullPointerException at 
org.netbeans.modules.subversion.FileStatusCache.scanFolder
236317 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236317>	[74cat] Throwable 
at org.netbeans.modules.editor.fold.FoldChildren.insertImpl
237031 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237031> 
IllegalArgumentException: PARAMETER
237747 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237747>	Throwable at 
org.netbeans.modules.editor.fold.FoldChildren.insertImpl
239817 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239817>	[80cat] JSF: no 
templating
239825 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239825>	Maven web projects 
does not open folders under Web Pages node
239849 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239849>	Replicated license 
template after refactoring
239903 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239903>	[80cat] 
NullPointerException at 
org.netbeans.modules.subversion.ui.commit.CommitTable.openDiff
241128 <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241128> 
NullPointerException at 
org.netbeans.modules.web.el.ELTypeUtilities.getReturnTypeForGenericClass

Please visit the netbeans.org <http://netbeans.org> website to download NetBeans 
8.0 <http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html> and to learn more 
<http://netbeans.org/community/releases/80/> about the new release.

We appreciate your contribution to our efforts to make NetBeans software and 
features better for all users. And as always, we look forward to your feedback 
on how we can continue to improve NetBeans.

Thank you.

The NetBeans Team