Prepare for 7.6.0 Release (#2173)

Signed-off-by: Addisu Z. Taddese <[email protected]>

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 #============================================================================
 # Initialize the project
 #============================================================================
-project(gz-sim7 VERSION 7.5.0)
+project(gz-sim7 VERSION 7.6.0)
 set (GZ_DISTRIBUTION "Garden")
 
 #============================================================================

Changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,165 @@
 ## Gazebo Sim 7.x
 
+### Gazebo Sim 7.6.0 (2023-09-26)
+
+1. Documentation updates
+ * [Pull request #2169](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2169)
+ * [Pull request #2135](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2135)
+ * [Pull request #2120](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2120)
+ * [Pull request #2116](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2116)
+ * [Pull request #2115](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2115)
+ * [Pull request #2108](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2108)
+ * [Pull request #2067](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2067)
+ * [Pull request #1996](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1996)
+
+1. Backport reset button fix
+ * [Pull request #2159](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2159)
+
+1. Fix SDFormat xml output of sdf_exporter
+ * [Pull request #2156](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2156)
+
+1. Fix duplicate entries in joint position controller GUI plugin
+ * [Pull request #2101](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2101)
+
+1. Use default physics engine in example worlds
+ * [Pull request #2134](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2134)
+
+1. Fix move to model
+ * [Pull request #2126](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2126)
+
+1. Remove GZ_PHYSICS_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR deprecation warnings
+ * [Pull request #2106](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2106)
+
+1. Remove forward-ported restriction on model loading
+ * [Pull request #2104](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2104)
+
+1. Odometry topic for the track controller system
+ * [Pull request #2021](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2021)
+
+1. Add tutorials for ApplyForceTorque and MouseDrag plugins
+ * [Pull request #2083](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2083)
+
+1. Prevent crash when viewing heightmap collision
+ * [Pull request #2097](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2097)
+
+1. Force offset and vector magnitude support in ApplyForceTorque
+ * [Pull request #2056](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2056)
+
+1. Fix plugin conversion error message
+ * [Pull request #2094](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2094)
+
+1. Visualization tools for the ApplyForceTorque GUI plugin
+ * [Pull request #2051](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2051)
+
+1. Improve documentation on how to replace Scene3D plugin
+ * [Pull request #1698](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1698)
+
+1. Configurable stiffnesses in MouseDrag
+ * [Pull request #2057](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2057)
+
+1. Infrastructure
+ * [Pull request #2075](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2075)
+ * [Pull request #2066](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2066)
+ * [Pull request #2012](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2012)
+ * [Pull request #1988](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1988)
+
+1. Add new MouseDrag plugin
+ * [Pull request #2038](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2038)
+
+1. Relax scene init check in visualize lidar gui plugin
+ * [Pull request #2077](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2077)
+
+1. Add force offset support to ApplyLinkWrench system and to Link API
+ * [Pull request #2026](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2026)
+
+1. Proposal to add deadband to thruster
+ * [Pull request #1927](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1927)
+
+1. Avoid nullptr dereference if TouchPlugin is not attached to a model entity.
+ * [Pull request #2069](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2069)
+
+1. Remove unnecessary headers to fix ABI checker
+ * [Pull request #2070](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2070)
+
+1. Fix Joint Position Controller Behaviour Described in #1997
+ * [Pull request #2001](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2001)
+
+1. Include contact force, normal, and depth in contact message
+ * [Pull request #2050](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2050)
+
+1. Use sdf::Element::FindElement instead of GetElement in ApplyLinkWrench
+ * [Pull request #2052](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2052)
+
+1. Backport sensors system threading optimization changes
+ * [Pull request #2058](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2058)
+
+1. Apply Force and Torque GUI plugin
+ * [Pull request #2014](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2014)
+
+1. Adds a warning if the `Server` method of a `TestFixture` is called before `Finalize`
+ * [Pull request #2047](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2047)
+
+1. Support loading mesh by mesh name in `<mesh><uri>`
+ * [Pull request #2007](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2007)
+
+1. ComponentInspector: display PhysicsEnginePlugin
+ * [Pull request #2032](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2032)
+
+1. Send BlockOrbit false events only once from TransformControl plugin
+ * [Pull request #2030](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2030)
+
+1. Categorize tutorials list
+ * [Pull request #2028](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2028)
+
+1. Add time out to wait to avoid deadlock
+ * [Pull request #2025](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2025)
+
+1. Add optional binary relocatability
+ * [Pull request #1968](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1968)
+
+1. Several minor fixes
+ * [Pull request #2027](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2027)
+
+1. Protobuf: Do not require version 3 do support Protobuf 4.23.2 (23.2)
+ * [Pull request #2006](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2006)
+
+1. Support world joints (joints inside `<world>` tags)
+ * [Pull request #1949](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1949)
+
+1. Disable pybind11 on Windows by default
+ * [Pull request #2005](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2005)
+
+1. Port record topic fix
+ * [Pull request #2004](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2004)
+
+1. Allow re-attaching detached joint
+ * [Pull request #1687](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1687)
+
+1. Enable GzWeb visualization of markers by republishing service requests on a topic
+ * [Pull request #1994](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1994)
+
+1. Support loading Projectors
+ * [Pull request #1979](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1979)
+
+1. Small fixes to gz headers
+ * [Pull request #1985](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1985)
+
+1. Speed up Resource Spawner load time by fetching model list asynchronously
+ * [Pull request #1962](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1962)
+
+1. Add redirection header gz/sim.hh
+ * [Pull request #1983](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1983)
+
+1. Add missing cmake exports from core library
+ * [Pull request #1978](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1978)
+
+1. Add tutorial on migrating the Sensor class from gazebo classic
+ * [Pull request #1930](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1930)
+
+1. ign -> gz Migrate Ignition Headers : gz-sim
+ * [Pull request #1646](https:/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/1646)
+
+
 ### Gazebo Sim 7.5.0 (2023-05-14)
 
 1. Actuators message input for JointController.