[v1.14] High Level Release Notes

[mrpollo]

Work in Progress Release notes for v1.14

Excel Sheet

We are drafting the Relase Note in this excel sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14F6lDI5s3KbDqstinBxwU1Ovtq3X9bE_NcvXGPlDGG4/edit#gid=939619685

Related PRs panel

For remembering the changes since v1.13 release, in the "Related PRs by Maintainer" panel of the excel sheet: Maintainers & Members who contributed to development can find the PRs they were involved with, and browse them in the Github UI.

Note: Find all the PRs that got introduced between v1.13 release and current main: here

Draft panel

After going through them, please add the relevant PR / Features in the 'Release Note Draft' panel in the sheet!

[junwoo091400]

Wouldn't this fit better in a PX4 user docs as a PR to add a new page here: https://docs.px4.io/main/en/releases/?

[DronecodeBot]

This issue has been mentioned on Discussion Forum for PX4, Pixhawk, QGroundControl, MAVSDK, MAVLink. There might be relevant details there:

https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-maintainers-call-april-04-2023/31415/1

[junwoo091400]

The PR list spreadshet can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14F6lDI5s3KbDqstinBxwU1Ovtq3X9bE_NcvXGPlDGG4/edit?usp=sharing

[DronecodeBot]

This issue has been mentioned on Discussion Forum for PX4, Pixhawk, QGroundControl, MAVSDK, MAVLink. There might be relevant details there:

https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-maintainers-call-april-18-2023/31680/1

[junwoo091400]

Shorthand release candidate release note:

Introducing: PX4-Autopilot v1.14.0-xx

IMPORTANT: To use the new actuator configuration UI, you must have a QGC version of v4.2.0 or later!

Please read these important Introductory notes:

1. v1.14 uses the new actuator configuration UI instead of a mixer file. Hence, if you were using a custom mixer file (v1.13) for your vehicle, you will need to configure the Actuator by referencing this documentation: https://docs.px4.io/main/en/config/actuators.html
2. Simulator naming convention has changed. The previous Gazebo is now called "Gazebo classic", and the newly released Gazebo Garden is called "Gazebo". Read more here: https://docs.px4.io/main/en/simulation/
3. If you want to use the "Gazebo classic" simulation (i.e. most SITL targets), you should have Ubuntu 20.04 or lower installed, since from Ubuntu 22.04 the Gazebo classic is not officially supported.
4. Native ROS support with micro XRCE-DDS bridge was added. This allows

What's changed

Features

Improvements

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Note: inspiration from https://github.com/betaflight/betaflight/releases/tag/4.4.0-RC1 and https://betaflight.com/docs/release/Betaflight-4.4-Release-Notes

[DronecodeBot]

This issue has been mentioned on Discussion Forum for PX4, Pixhawk, QGroundControl, MAVSDK, MAVLink. There might be relevant details there:

https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-maintainers-call-may-23-2023/32245/1

[mrpollo]

Hey @junwoo091400 what's missing?

[mrpollo]

Thanks @junwoo091400 👏