v1.8.4 Release Notes (2021-02-18)

Chores

• Add clog config (#555) (72af8129)
• Enable golangci-lint and fix errors (#554) (dbd3ec6d)
• Remove unnecessary blank (_) identifier (#551) (e2bc6dba)
• remove redundant type conversion (#541) (8a8dbfb3)
• docs: update godoc links (#482) (9e4eba01)