[maven-release-plugin] prepare release 1.0.8
[maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
Update READMEs
cancel timeout before invoking callback.onException
Merge pull request #227 from minimarcel/1.0

cancel timeout before invoking callback.onException
Merge branch '1.0' into 2.0
Prevent concurrent retries of the same query (JAVA-449).
Defunct connection on request timeout (JAVA-425).
Try next host when we get a SERVER_ERROR (JAVA-426).