Merge pull request #2612 from github/v1.8.8

Release prep for v1.8.8

Author: shati-patel

extensions/ql-vscode/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # CodeQL for Visual Studio Code: Changelog
 
-## [UNRELEASED]
+## 1.8.8 - 17 July 2023
 
 - Remove support for CodeQL CLI versions older than 2.9.4. [#2610](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/2610)
 - Implement syntax highlighting for the `additional` and `default` keywords. [#2609](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/2609)
 
 ## 1.8.7 - 29 June 2023
 
 - Show a run button on the file tab for query files, that will start a local query. This button will only show when a local database is selected in the extension. [#2544](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/2544)
-- Add `CodeQL: Quick Evaluation Count` command to generate the count summary statistics of the results set
-  without spending the time to compute locations and strings.
+- Add a `CodeQL: Quick Evaluation Count` command to generate the count summary statistics of the results set
+  without spending the time to compute locations and strings. [#2475](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/2475)
 
 ## 1.8.6 - 14 June 2023