Hi all,

We are pleased to announce Zephyr 2.7.0-rc1 \o/

This marks the beginning of the stabilization period leading up to our
scheduled release date of 2021-10-15. During the stabilization period,
only PRs for bug-fixes, documentation, and test cases will be
accepted. Any additional features must obtain TSC approval.

This will be Zephyr's second LTS release. As such, we anticipate the
coming weeks to be very busy reducing overall bug count. Please give
this RC a test drive and report any issues on supported platforms
(with a PR if possible).

The full ChangeLog.txt for v2.7.0-rc1 was far too large to list on
GitHub's release page, so this time it is available as an attachment
at the link below:

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/releases/tag/v2.7.0-rc1

Thank you to all who contributed to this release!

C