Merge branch 'v2.7' into v2.8

Author: GiovanniBussi

CHANGES/v2.7.md

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ For developers:
 
 - Includes all fixes up to 2.6.6
 
-## Version 2.7.5
+## Version 2.7.5 (Oct 21, 2022)
 
 - Minor fixes in error reporting.
 - Fix in building python package with MacPorts and MacOS 11.