Patch notes 1.7.4 (from #3011)

This is a micro patch release which fixes many bugs and updates to the documentation.

| Link | Type | 1.7.x | Comment | |------|------|-------|---------| | #3005 | Bug Fix | ✅ | | | #2993 | Tests | ✅ | | | #2989 | Solver Interface | ✅ | | | #2985 | Bug Fix | ✅ | | | #2976 | Error messages | ✅ | | | #2974 | Solver interface | ✅ | | | #2983 | Solver interface | ✅ | | | #2963 | Documentation | ✅ | | | #2957 | Solver Interface | ✅ | | | #2955 | Developer tools | ✅ | | | #2951 | CVXPY(layers/gen) fix | ✅ | | | #2950 | Revert | ✅ | | | #2948 | Bug Fix | ✅ | | | #2947 | Bug Fix | ✅ | | | #2945 | Solver interface | ✅ | |