Preps for 1.8.0-rc1

Update version fields for 1.8.0-rc1 release.

Signed-off-by: David Brown <david.brown@linaro.org>
diff --git a/scripts/imgtool/__init__.py b/scripts/imgtool/__init__.py
index 4f19399..42e7cc5 100644
--- a/scripts/imgtool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/imgtool/__init__.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-imgtool_version = "1.7.0"
+imgtool_version = "1.8.0rc1"