Prepare for 8.4.0 release (#2442)

Signed-off-by: Ian Chen <[email protected]>

Author: iche033

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 #============================================================================
 # Initialize the project
 #============================================================================
-project(gz-sim8 VERSION 8.3.0)
+project(gz-sim8 VERSION 8.4.0)
 set (GZ_DISTRIBUTION "Harmonic")
 
 #============================================================================

Changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,82 @@
 ## Gazebo Sim 8.x
 
+### Gazebo Sim 8.4.0 (2024-06-12)
+
+1. Add pause run tutorial
+    * [Pull request #2383](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2383)
+
+1. Fix warning message to show precise jump back in time duration
+    * [Pull request #2435](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2435)
+
+1. Optimize rendering sensor pose updates
+    * [Pull request #2425](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2425)
+
+1. Remove a few extra zeros from some sdf files
+    * [Pull request #2426](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2426)
+
+1. Use VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL in cmake logic
+    * [Pull request #2418](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2418)
+
+1. Support mesh optimization when using AttachMeshShapeFeature
+    * [Pull request #2417](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2417)
+
+1. Rephrase cmake comment about CMP0077
+    * [Pull request #2419](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2419)
+
+1. Fix CMake warnings in Noble
+    * [Pull request #2397](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2397)
+
+1. Update sensors with pending trigger immediately in Sensors system
+    * [Pull request #2408](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2408)
+
+1. Add missing algorithm include
+    * [Pull request #2414](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2414)
+
+1. Add Track and Follow options in gui EntityContextMenu
+    * [Pull request #2402](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2402)
+
+1. ForceTorque system: improve readability
+    * [Pull request #2403](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2403)
+
+1. LTA Dynamics System
+    * [Pull request #2241](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2241)
+
+1. Remove Empty Test File
+    * [Pull request #2396](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2396)
+
+1. Fix GCC/CMake warnings for Noble
+    * [Pull request #2375](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2375)
+
+1. Fix warn unused variable in test
+    * [Pull request #2388](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2388)
+
+1. Fix name of gz-fuel_tools in package.xml
+    * [Pull request #2386](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2386)
+
+1. Add package.xml
+    * [Pull request #2337](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2337)
+
+1. Fix namespace and class links in documentation references that use namespace `gz`
+    * [Pull request #2385](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2385)
+
+1. Fix ModelPhotoShootTest test failures
+    * [Pull request #2294](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2294)
+
+1. Enable StoreResolvedURIs when loading SDF
+    * [Pull request #2349](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2349)
+
+1. Drop python3-disttutils from apt packages files
+    * [Pull request #2374](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2374)
+
+1. Added example world for `DopplerVelocityLogSystem`
+    * [Pull request #2373](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2373)
+
+1. Fix Gazebo/White and refactored MaterialParser
+    * [Pull request #2302](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2302)
+
+1. Support for Gazebo materials
+    * [Pull request #2269](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/pull/2269)
+
 ### Gazebo Sim 8.3.0 (2024-04-11)
 
 1. Use relative install paths for plugin shared libraries and gz-tools data

package.xml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>gz-sim8</name>
-  <version>8.3.0</version>
+  <version>8.4.0</version>
   <description>Gazebo Sim : A Robotic Simulator</description>
   <maintainer email="[email protected]">Michael Carroll</maintainer>
   <license>Apache License 2.0</license>