Version 2.2.0 (2016-02-19)

Bug Fixes

• Splits outbound messages into its own thread.
• remove of capabilities request on HEARTBEAT listener
• check if mode_mapping has items before iteration

Version 2.1.0 (2016-02-16)

New Features:

• Gimbal control attribute
• Autopilot version attribute
• Autopilot capabilities attribute
• Best Practice guide documentation.
• Performance test example (restructured and docs added)

Updated Features:

• Many documentation fixes:
  • Restructured documentation with Develop (Concepts) and Guide (HowTo) sections
  • Docs separated out "Connection Strings" section.
  • Improved test and contribution sections.
  • Updated examples and documentation to use DroneKit-Sitl for simulation ("zero setup examples")
  • Debugging docs updated with additional libraries.
• Flight Replay example fetches data from TLOG rather than droneshare
• Drone Delivery example now uses strart location for home address.
• Disabled web tests (not currently supported/used)
• Updated copyright range to include changes in 2016

Bug Fixes:

• Numerous minor docs fixes.
• Harmonise nosetest options across each of the integration platforms
• Fix incorrect property marker for airspeed attribute

v1.5.0

Release 1.5.0 (August 12, 2015)

Features:

• Added methods to unset mavlink_callback. (#115, #240)
• Publishing scripts now live in scripts/ (#259)

Documentation:

• Documented clearing of mavlink_callback. (#245)

Source Code

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v1.4.3

Release 1.4.3 (August 10, 2015)

Features:

• Windows installer added to installation guide. (#273)

Documentation:

• Added Mission documentation (#272)
• Clarifies script inclusion paths (#261)

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v1.4.2

Release 1.4.2 (July 29, 2015)

Features:

• Windows installers now built and published by Appveyor (#253)

Bugs:

• All observers are removed when APIThread terminates (#255)
• Tests are now silent (#254)

Documentation:

• test_simpledemo.py is now an example integration test (#254)

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v1.4.1

Release 1.4.1 (July 27, 2015)

The URL of this repository has moved to https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-python. Welcome to the new org!

Features:

• Windows installer tested using Appveyor (#236)

Bugs:

• Added protobuf as dependency for Windows (#217, #236)

Documentation:

• Rangefinder docs improved (#184, #237)

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v1.4.0

Release 1.4.0 (July 24, 2015)

Features:

• Unit, integration, and web client test benches added (#197, #199, #223)

Bugs:

• Web client tests fixed for Windows (#194)

Guides:

• Added test authoring to contribution guide (#212)

Documentation:

• Added information about clearing ROI (#172)
• Explicitly documented issues about Vehicle.commands.clear() (#213)

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v1.3.1

Release 1.3.1 (July 7, 2015)

Bugs:

• math import missing for takeoff method. (#174).

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v1.3.0

Release 1.3.0 (July 6, 2015)

Features:

• Windows installer for DroneKit-Python (#161)
• Rangefinder class added (#175)

Bugs:

• Takeoff now rejects inf/NaN values. (#174).

Guides:

• Complete Guided Mode Copter tutorial and example added. (#170).
• Guides rewritten to target native Windows and Linux development. (#149).
• "Quick Start" removed, obsoleted by dedicated Getting Started and SITL sections. (#158).

Documentation:

• Vehicle.battery documentation updated. (#148).
• hello_world example is replaced by vehicle_state. (#146).

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v1.2.0

Release 1.2.0 (June 2, 2015)

Features:

• Battery API added. #135
• PyCharm support. #135

Bugs:

• target_system and target_component references were not switched to settings object #53
• Non-functional client_sketch.py deleted. #126

Examples:

• Flight replay example improved, now uses Command API #81 #82
• GUIDED mode example added #69
• simple_goto improved. #134

Documentation:

• Vehicle.delete, Vehicle.battery_0_volt, Vehicle.battery_0_soc, Vehicle.waypoint_home, parameter attributes removed from public API #80.
• Document Vehicle.mount_status functions. #108
• Fixes documentation for GPSInfo and send_mavlink. #90

Guides:

• API documentation restructured and improved to fill new format. #58 #94
• Example documentation now includes (auto-generated) source code sections #88 and are part of documentation set #96.
• Added contribution guide #55.
• Quickstart guide #94.
• Debugging guide #117.
• Flight mode best practices. #127.
• References for takeoff #134.
• Guides and examples for states and parameters. #124

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