Commit to do for 1.7.6 release version
Follows the pattern seen for recent releases.
Though for the 1.7.5 release the usual "Adjust for dev" commit after the releas did not end up on the 1.7 branch, but on a side branch merging into master. So this commit here is missing out reverting that part.
Will do a "Adjust for dev" commit after the 1.7.6 release matching the general tradition again.