diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9c1083f..535eddc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         cache: pip
     - name: Install latex
       if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.deps == 'test_extra'
-      run: sudo apt-get -yq -o Acquire::Retries=3 --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends install texlive dvipng
+      run: echo "disable latex for now, issues in mirros" #sudo apt-get -yq -o Acquire::Retries=3 --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends install texlive dvipng
     - name: Install and update Python dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel build
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/github-stats-8.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/github-stats-8.rst
index 158589b..0c8589c 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/github-stats-8.rst
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/github-stats-8.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-Get a token fom https://github.com/settings/tokens with public repo and gist.
+Issues closed in the 8.x development cycle
+==========================================
 
 GitHub stats for 2022/01/05 - 2022/01/12 (tag: 8.0.0rc1)