Prepare for 8.0.0~pre1 release (#273)

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

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ set(GZ_CMAKE_VER ${gz-cmake4_VERSION_MAJOR})
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
-gz_configure_project(VERSION_SUFFIX)
+gz_configure_project(VERSION_SUFFIX pre1)
 
 #============================================================================
 # Set project-specific options

Changelog.md

@@ -1,6 +1,46 @@
 ## Gazebo Launch 8.x
 
-### Gazebo Launch 8.0.0 (2024-XX-XX)
+### Gazebo Launch 8.0.0 (2024-09-XX)
+
+1. **Baseline:** this includes all changes from 7.1.0 and earlier.
+
+1. Enable ubuntu noble on github actions, require cmake 3.22.1
+    * [Pull request #272](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/272)
+
+1. Remove deprecations
+    * [Pull request #271](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/271)
+
+1. Fix libwebsocket shutdown behavior
+    * [Pull request #267](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/267)
+
+1. Fix msvc loss of data warning
+    * [Pull request #266](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/266)
+
+1. Remove indirect dependencies
+    * [Pull request #265](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/265)
+
+1. Supress msvc dll exported interface warning
+    * [Pull request #263](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/263)
+
+1. Fix windows warnings
+    * [Pull request #199](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/199)
+    * [Pull request #250](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/250)
+
+1. Disable failing Manager_Test on windows
+    * [Pull request #264](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/264)
+
+1. Disable failing windows tests
+    * [Pull request #255](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/255)
+
+1. Add package.xml, remove dependency on python3-yaml, and disable failing windows tests
+    * [Pull request #249](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/249)
+
+1. Define GZ_LAUNCH_VERSION_NAMESPACE in config.hh
+    * [Pull request #247](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/247)
+
+1. Bumps in Ionic: gz-launch8
+    * [Pull request #236](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/236)
+    * [Pull request #237](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/pull/237)
 
 ## Gazebo Launch 7.x
 

README.md

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
 Build | Status
 -- | --
-Test coverage | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/gazebosim/gz-launch/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/gazebosim/gz-launch/branch/main)
-Ubuntu Noble  | [![Build Status](https://build.osrfoundation.org/buildStatus/icon?job=gz_launch-ci-main-noble-amd64)](https://build.osrfoundation.org/job/gz_launch-ci-main-noble-amd64)
-Homebrew      | [![Build Status](https://build.osrfoundation.org/buildStatus/icon?job=gz_launch-ci-main-homebrew-amd64)](https://build.osrfoundation.org/job/gz_launch-ci-main-homebrew-amd64)
-Windows       | [![Build Status](https://build.osrfoundation.org/buildStatus/icon?job=gz_launch-main-win)](https://build.osrfoundation.org/job/gz_launch-main-win)
+Test coverage | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/gazebosim/gz-launch/tree/gz-launch8/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/gazebosim/gz-launch/branch/gz-launch8)
+Ubuntu Noble  | [![Build Status](https://build.osrfoundation.org/buildStatus/icon?job=gz_launch-ci-gz-launch8-noble-amd64)](https://build.osrfoundation.org/job/gz_launch-ci-gz-launch8-noble-amd64)
+Homebrew      | [![Build Status](https://build.osrfoundation.org/buildStatus/icon?job=gz_launch-ci-gz-launch8-homebrew-amd64)](https://build.osrfoundation.org/job/gz_launch-ci-gz-launch8-homebrew-amd64)
+Windows       | [![Build Status](https://build.osrfoundation.org/buildStatus/icon?job=gz_launch-8-win)](https://build.osrfoundation.org/job/gz_launch-8-win)
 
 Gazebo Launch, a component of [Gazebo](https://gazebosim.org), provides a command line interface
 to run and manager application and plugins.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ See the [installation tutorial](https://gazebosim.org/api/launch/7/install.html)
 
 # Usage
 
-Sample launch configuration files are in the [examples directory](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/blob/main/examples/).
+Sample launch configuration files are in the [examples directory](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-launch/blob/gz-launch8/examples/).
 
 **Example**
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ This issue is tracked [here](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-tools/issues/8).
 
 # Documentation
 
-See the [installation tutorial](https://gazebosim.org/api/launch/7/install.html).
+See the [installation tutorial](https://gazebosim.org/api/launch/8/install.html).
 
 # Folder Structure