From 64246337a57d7fd4e570ac9cb4cd16670ae732d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keri <kclowes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:46:30 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add newsfragment

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+Remove 1.8 and 1.7 Geth tests, since the Geth team only supports the latest version.