Release v1.7 sign-off

[mrpollo]

Is your team ready for a release?

• [x] Project / Founder - @LorenzMeier
• [x] Communication Architecture - @bkueng , @julianoes
• [ ] UI / UX - @dogmaphobic, @DonLakeFlyer
• [ ] Multicopter Flight Control - @Stifael, @MaEtUgR
• [x] VTOL Flight Control - @tumbili, @AndreasAntener, @sanderux @bresch
  • [x] VTOL standard
  • [x] VTOL tailsitter
  • [x] VTOL tiltrotor
• [x] Fixed Wing Flight Control - @dagar, @priseborough
• [ ] Racers - @anton-matosov
• [x] OS / drivers - @davids5
• [x] UAVCAN / Industrial - @pavel-kirienko
• [x] State Estimation - @jgoppert, @priseborough
• [x] VIO - @mhkabir, @ChristophTobler
• [ ] ~Obstacle Avoidance - @vilhjalmur89~ - not implemented in mainline codebase yet.
• [ ] Snapdragon - @mcharleb
• [ ] Intel Aero - @lucasdemarchi, @simonegu
• [x] Raspberry Pi / Navio - @bkueng
• [ ] Parrot Bebop - @eyeam3
• [x] Airmind MindPX / MindRacer - @iZhangHui
• [x] Test team - @r0gelion, @mrpollo

[mrpollo]

Here's the v1.6 release sign-off issue https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/issues/7258

[sanderux]

Can we get a final release candidate for testing?

[iZhangHui]

MindPX/MindRacer pass our flight testing, and we are ready for v1.7 release.

[mrpollo]

v1.7.0 was released, thanks to everyone here for their help pushing this one out

https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/releases/tag/v1.7.0