Update branch for new BC features

Author: Restless-ET

contributing/code/patches.rst

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ work:
 * ``2.3``, if you are fixing a bug for an existing feature (you may have
   to choose a higher branch if the feature you are fixing was introduced
   in a later version);
-* ``2.7``, if you are adding a new feature which is backward compatible;
+* ``2.8``, if you are adding a new feature which is backward compatible;
 * ``master``, if you are adding a new and backward incompatible feature.
 
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