Merge branch 'release/0.7.4' into devel
Merge branch 'hotfix/0.7.5' into devel
Merge branch 'hotfix/0.7.6' into devel
Rename sync_host and sync_user params to sync class

Remove the sync_ prefix from the sync class parameters.
Bump version to 0.8.0
Merge branch 'release/0.8.0'