PX4 Stable v1.8.1 Planning

[dagar]

PX4 Firmware v1.8.0 + back ported bug fixes.

https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/milestone/28

• mavlink properly wrap heading fields #9905
• UBX GPS Reset #9910 (arguably way more than bug fixes)
• Navigator: Fix fixed-wing first order altitude hold #9850
• fmu fix MAIN/AUX parameters #9925
• cmake fix BUILD_URI #9941
• sensors: no temperature compensation in HITL #10020
• tap_esc increase stack 1100 -> 1180 bytes #10041
• ekf2: Reinstate saving of mag declination for use next start #10024
• mavlink: fixed nullptr dereferencing #10063
• px4fmuv2:Add detection for Pixhack V3 #10231

Proposed branching stable -> release/1.8.
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/compare/stable...release/1.8?expand=1

[dagar]

TODO:

• review all issues and PRs since v1.8.0 release.
• changelog generator (automate)
• github releases automate from Jenkins (post binaries + changelog)
• review CI system (keep all tagged binaries)
• test team define release testing procedure, fully test, signoff

[davids5]

@dagar should we add the LED #10579 ?

[dagar]

Yes, and consider if a Pixhawk 4 mini backport is viable.
@jinger26

[dagar]

I've cherry-picked the commits that applied cleanly.

These did not -

• UBX GPS Reset #9910
• sensors: no temperature compensation in HITL #10020
• ekf2: Reinstate saving of mag declination for use next start #10024
• px4fmuv2:Add detection for Pixhack V3 #10231

[dagar]

Pull request for update #10726

[dagar]

Release v1.8.1 published https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/releases/tag/v1.8.1