Mitsuba 2.2.0 update release notes

Author: Speierers

docs/index.rst

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Mitsuba 2: A Retargetable Forward and Inverse Renderer
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
-    :caption: Getting started
+    :caption: Overview
 
     src/getting_started/intro
     src/getting_started/cloning
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Mitsuba 2: A Retargetable Forward and Inverse Renderer
     src/getting_started/file_format
     src/getting_started/differences
     src/getting_started/faq
+    release_notes.rst
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
@@ -81,5 +82,4 @@ Mitsuba 2: A Retargetable Forward and Inverse Renderer
     :maxdepth: 1
     :caption: Miscellaneous
 
-    release_notes.rst
     zz_bibliography

docs/release_notes.rst

@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@ Incoming release
 
 - TBA
 
+Mitsuba 2.2.0
+-------------
+
+*July 22, 2020*
+
+- Instancing support via ``shapegroup`` and ``instance`` plugins (`#170 <https://github.com/mitsuba-renderer/mitsuba2/pull/170>`_)
+- Various sampler plugins: ``stratified``, ``multijitter``, ``orthogonal``,
+  ``ldsampler`` (`#187 <https://github.com/mitsuba-renderer/mitsuba2/pull/187>`_)
+- ``bumpmap`` BSDF plugin (`#201 <https://github.com/mitsuba-renderer/mitsuba2/pull/201>`_)
+- ``normalmap`` BSDF plugin
+- Raytracing API improvements (`#209 <https://github.com/mitsuba-renderer/mitsuba2/pull/209>`_)
+- Differentiable surface interaction (`#209 <https://github.com/mitsuba-renderer/mitsuba2/pull/209>`_)
+- Add ``<path>`` XML tag (`#165 <https://github.com/mitsuba-renderer/mitsuba2/pull/165>`_)
+- `BlenderMesh` shape plugin
+- `Projector` emitter plugin
+- Add support for textured area light sampling
+- Add ``Mesh::eval_parameterization`` to parameterize the mesh using UV values
+- Various bug fixes and other improvements
+
 Mitsuba 2.1.0
 -------------
 

docs/src/getting_started/intro.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Introduction
-==============
+Getting started
+===============
 
 .. image:: ../../images/features.svg
     :width: 100%

include/mitsuba/mitsuba.h

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #define MTS_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define MTS_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define MTS_VERSION_MINOR 2
 #define MTS_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 #define MTS_STRINGIFY(x) #x

src/bsdfs/bumpmap.cpp

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Bump map BSDF adapter (:monosp:`bumpmap`)
 -----------------------------------------
 
 .. pluginparameters::
+
  * - (Nested plugin)
    - |texture|
    - Specifies the bump map texture.

src/shapes/instance.cpp

@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ Instance (:monosp:`instance`)
 This plugin implements a geometry instance used to efficiently replicate geometry many times. For
 details on how to create instances, refer to the :ref:`shape-shapegroup` plugin.
 
-.. subfigstart::
-.. subfigure:: ../../resources/data/docs/images/render/shape_instance_fractal.jpg
-   :caption: The Stanford bunny loaded a single time and instanciated 1365 times
-             (equivalent to 100 million triangles)
-.. subfigend::
-   :label: fig-instancing
+    .. image:: ../../resources/data/docs/images/render/shape_instance_fractal.jpg
+        :width: 100%
+        :align: center
+
+    The Stanford bunny loaded a single time and instanciated 1365 times (equivalent to 100 million
+    triangles)
 
 .. warning::