MONSID v2024.4 - Winter 2024 release

We've decided to change a couple of things about our release cycle. We're changing to a new version numbering scheme. We are moving to a year-based versioning schema. The new format will be <year>.<release>.<patch>. We hope this will help make it easier for projects to see where their MONSID version is relative to the latest, with an eye toward calendar time natively included in the version number. Thus, please welcome v2024.4!

We're also adjusting the total number of releases per year. It is a delicate balancing act between just-right, too-much and not-enough. We're going to try something different. Instead of quarterly updates, we're moving to a biannual schedule. Our dev roadmap is unchanged as we plan to keep all the same updates on the board. It's a subtle change that may help project owners feel less stressed about upgrading.

With the formalities out of the way, let's talk about what is new. The Winter release was focused on bringing SDK development opportunities closer to the same level as that of the Full Source code license. Full source code projects are able to use all aspects to the API with relative ease. The SDK users, on the other hand, had to jump through a few hoops in order to get CMake projects fully operational for live-streaming functionality. With v2024.4, all you need to do is now set a CMake variable to true, and you're ready to go!

SDK developers can now quickly and easily incorporate live-streaming

Prior to this release, although the live-streaming classes were included in the SDK, it took quite a bit of custom CMake authoring tweaks to make it work. With v2024.4 all that effort is no longer needed. If you want to add live-streaming to your executives, simply set 1 CMake variable to true and you're off and running. This change makes it super easy to see your robotic system's health status in real time!

Summary of MONSID® SDK v2024.4 improvements:

• Updated SDK CMake scripts
• Easier to create executives that utilize the live-streaming and playback writing functionality
• Cache variables all use same naming convention for easier discovery
• Enabled debugging with toolkit builds
• Improved monsid-exec handling of csv files and error handling in engine
• Addressed various bug fixes and compiler warnings
• Updated vcpkg to 2024.12.16 

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