Merge pull request #175 from andreicuceu/package-review-improvements

Address package review recommendations

Prepare tag

Vega 1.7.8

Merge pull request #168 from andreicuceu/release-history-v1.7.7

Prepare v1.7.7 release history

Prepare for tagging

Bump version: 1.7.4 → 1.7.5

Bump version: 1.7.3 → 1.7.4

Bump version: 1.7.2 → 1.7.3

Bump version: 1.7.1 → 1.7.2

Bump version: 1.7.0 → 1.7.1