Merged PR 26489: Update changelog for 4.0.0

Update changelog for 4.0.0

Author: bjoernrennfanz

README.md

@@ -113,12 +113,13 @@ Please note that the pylon Camera Software Suite may support different operating
 For latest information on pylon refer to: https://www.baslerweb.com/en/software/pylon/
 In addition, check the release notes of your pylon installation. 
 For instance: 
-* pylon 7.5.0 supports Windows 10/11 64 bit, Linux x86_64 and Linux aarch64 with glibc version >= 2.31 or newer.
+* pylon Camera Software Suite 7.5.0 supports Windows 10/11 64 bit, Linux x86_64 and Linux aarch64 with glibc version >= 2.31 or newer.
 * pylon vTools are supported on pylon 7.0.0 and newer.
 * pylon vTools are supported on pypylon 3.0 and newer only on Windows 10/11 64 bit, Linux x86_64 and Linux aarch64. 
 * For pylon vTools that require a license refer to: https://www.baslerweb.com/en/software/pylon-vtools/
 * CXP-12: To use CXP with pypylon >= 4.0.0 you need to install the CXP GenTL producer and drivers using the pylon Camera Software Suite setup.
-
+* For accessing Basler 3D cameras, e.g. Basler blaze, installation of pylon Camera Software Suite 7.5.0 
+  and the latest pylon Supplementary Package for blaze is required.
 
 ## Binary Installation
 The easiest way to get pypylon is to install a prebuild wheel.

changelog.txt

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-Version 4.0.0rc2
-    - Date 2024-07-03
-    - Fixed issue with upload of release artifacts.
-    - Fixed reference version for linux and windows builds
-    
-Version 4.0.0rc1
-    - Date 2024-07-02
-    - Updated to pylon 7.5 on linux and windows.
+Version 4.0.0
+    - Date 2024-07-08
+    - Updated to pylon Camera Software Suite 7.5 on linux and windows.
+      This contains pylon SDK 8.0.0 and pylon Data Processing SDK 2.0.0.
+    - Removed pylon CXP GenTL Producer files from windows wheel packages.
+      The CXP-12 support is automatically available when the
+      pylon Camera Software Suite 7.5 with CXP is installed.
     - pylon 6.2 is the lowest supported version when building pypylon.
-    - Dropped support for python 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8
-    - Added CI builds for python 3.12
     - Dropped linux armv7l (32bit) support as it is no longer supported by pylon.
+    - Dropped support for python 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8
     - Added PylonDataContainer and PylonDataComponent support for
       3D cameras. You can use Basler 3D cameras with pypylon now.
     - Extended PylonImage support for GetArray and GetMemoryWindow.
@@ -18,13 +16,14 @@ Version 4.0.0rc1
     - The Builders recipe AddInput and AddOutput methods have changed.
       see buildersrecipe_test.py on how to handle that.
     - Updated data processing module documentation.
-    - Fixed an issue when using all GetMemoryWindow() methods when
-      running under python 3.12
     - Fixed an issue when using GetArrayZeroCopy().
-    - Fixed an issue when running the unit tests with python 3.12.
     - Fixed an issue with strings constaining regular expressions in setup.py
     - Fixed an issue when running with numpy 2.0 in the unit tests.
     - Extended the unit tests.
+    - Added GitHub actions CI builds for python 3.12
+    - Update reference version for linux and windows builds
+    - Added python 3.12 binary releases
+    - Update README.md
 
 Version 3.0.1
     - Date 2023-12-15