SWPROT-8953: Release 1.7.0

Origin: #35
Signed-off-by: Philippe Coval <philippe.coval@silabs.com>

Author: rzr

NEWS.md

@@ -5,12 +5,24 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 **Full Changelog**:
 https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commits
 
+## ver_1.7.0
+
+**Full Changelog**:
+https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commits/ver_1.7.0
+
+Refer to documentation for release highlights:
+
+- [applications/zpc/release_notes.md](applications/zpc/release_notes.md)
+
+
 ## ver_1.6.1-RC0
 
 Integrate internal changes progressively:
 
+```
 applications/zpc: uic#ver_1.7.0-unstable-84-gcb000bc912
 applications/zpc/components/zwave/zwave_transports/s2/libs/zw-libs2: zw-libs2#zwave-sdk-7.21.0-ga-65-g3b7dcd7
+```
 
 ## ver_1.6.0-RC4
 

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ It has grown as part of Unify SDK project and is now maintained as an external p
 ## News
 
 - [NEWS.md](NEWS.md) lists important information regarding zpc "split release".
-- [doc/release_nodes.md](doc/release_nodes.md) release notes
+- [applications/zpc/release_notes.md](applications/zpc/release_notes.md)
 
 ## Documentation
 

applications/zpc/release_notes.md

@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 # ZPC Release Notes
 
+## [1.7.0] - Feb 2025
+
+**BREAKING**: ZPC has been relocated outside of UnifySDK and is now dependent on it.
+
+### Added (1.7.0)
+
+* [Z-Wave S2v2 alpha support along Silicon Labs Z-Wave firmware (7.23.x)](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/pull/11)
+* [Notification CC updated to support Alarm CC v1 and v2](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/647aac3b)
+* [Notification CC support Push/Pull Mode Discovery](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/e4aab0dd)
+  and [probe](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/e4aab0dd)
+* [Notification CC support unknown type](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/96fc24de)
+* [Time Parameters CC support](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/af84a42)
+* [CRC16 Encapsulation](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/cb377ace)
+
+### Changes (1.7.0)
+
+* Standlone project, helper script to setup native reference system (used for docker, github CI etc)
+
+### Fixed (1.7.0)
+
+* [Improvement to prevent faulty devices to block the TX queue](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/722028a7)
+* [Notification CC fixes to pass CTT](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/ef497b17)
+* [OnOff: Disable unsupported UCL commands (effects)](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/73ece3a7)
+
+### Known issues (1.7.0)
+
+* [User credentials still Experimental](https://github.com/SiliconLabsSoftware/z-wave-protocol-controller/commit/8cdbbc36)
+* ZPC's UnifySDK related documentation may be inconsistent.
+
 ## [1.6.0] - Aug 2024
 
 **BREAKING** : ZPC database version bumped from 2 to 3.

cmake/modules/FindUnifySDK.cmake

@@ -21,17 +21,15 @@ endif()
 if(NOT DEFINED UNIFYSDK_GIT_TAG)
   if(DEFINED ENV{UNIFYSDK_GIT_TAG})
     set(UNIFYSDK_GIT_TAG $ENV{UNIFYSDK_GIT_TAG})
+  else()
+    set(UNIFYSDK_GIT_TAG "ver_1.7.0")
   endif()
 endif()
 if("${UNIFYSDK_GIT_TAG}" STREQUAL "")
   set(UNIFYSDK_GIT_TAG "main") # Override CMake default ("master")
 endif()
 
-if(${GIT_EXECUTABLE})
-else()
-  set(GIT_EXECUTABLE git)
-endif()
-
+find_package(Git)
 FetchContent_Declare(
   UnifySDK
   GIT_REPOSITORY ${UNIFYSDK_GIT_REPOSITORY}