This is an incremental bugfix release based on the earlier 1.8.10 release. It contains a couple of fixes and small improvements.
With the initial discussions having started in 2012, PDFBox 2.0.0 has been in the works for quite some time and now it is in its final stages! Interested parties are invited to provide feedback on the just released PDFBox 2.0.0-RC1 Release Candidate rather sooner than later. A Migration Guide gives users coming from PDFBox 1.8 or earlier an overview about things to look at when switching over. More details will become available in due course.