[VOL-4308] Deprecating repo due to stale state

Change-Id: I73db06ffbf8d0b9650f6b202bf287fdcf2e4b76b
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5bc1cc4..23a63f5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.7
+2.2.8