Per #2741, add release notes for MET-12.0.0-beta2

docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst

@@ -9,6 +9,39 @@ When applicable, release notes are followed by the GitHub issue number which des
 enhancement, or new feature (`MET GitHub issues <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues>`_).
 Important issues are listed **in bold** for emphasis.
 
+MET Version 12.0.0-beta2 Release Notes (20231117)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+  .. dropdown:: Repository, build, and test
+
+     * Enhance METbaseimage to compile the ecKit and Atlas libraries (`METbaseimage#13 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METbaseimage/issues/13>`_).
+     * Enhance METbaseimage to install the YAML Python package (`METbaseimage#15 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METbaseimage/issues/15>`_).
+     * **Enhance MET to compile and link against the Proj library** (`#2669 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2669>`_).
+     * **Enhance MET to compile and link against the Atlas and ecKit libraries** (`#2574 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2574>`_).
+     * **Enhance "compile_MET_all.sh" to support the new Intel oneAPI compilers and upgrade dependent library versions as needed** (`#2611 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2611>`_).
+     * Upgrade SonarQube server version from 9.8 to 10.2 (`#2689 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2689>`_).
+     * Update the token for upgraded SonarQube server (`#2702 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2702>`_).
+
+  .. dropdown:: Bugfixes
+
+     * Bugfix: Correct the usage statement for Point2Grid (`#2666 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2666>`_).
+     * Bugfix: Investigate unexpected number of derived HPBL observations in PB2NC (`#2687 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2687>`_).
+     * Bugfix: Fix the Point-Stat CNT header line typo causing duplicate "SI_BCL" column names (`#2730 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2730>`_).
+
+  .. dropdown:: Enhancements
+
+     * Documentation: Make Headers Consistent in All MET Guides (`#2716 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2716>`_).
+     * Document the use of temporary files in MET and reduce it as much as reasonably possible (`#2690 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2690>`_).
+     * **Eliminate the use of temporary files in the vx_config library** (`#2691 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2691>`_).
+     * **Add support for NetCDF files following the UGRID convention** (`#2231 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2231>`_).
+     * Enhance TC-Pairs to include storm diagnostics in consensus track output (`#2476 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2476>`_).
+     * Refine TC-Pairs consensus diagnostics configuration options (`#2699 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2699>`_).
+     * **Enhance TC-Diag to actually compute and write diagnostics** (`#2550 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2550>`_).
+     * **Enhance MODE to use OpenMP for efficient computation of the convolution step** (`#2724 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2724>`_).
+     * Enhance Multivariate MODE to change the default "merge_flag" setting to NONE (`#2708 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2708>`_).
+     * **Enhance Multivariate MODE to support differing numbers of forecast and observation input fields** (`#2706 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2706>`_).
+     * Fix the SonarQube findings for MET v12.0 (`#2673 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2673>`_).
+
 MET Version 12.0.0-beta1 Release Notes (20230915)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -40,8 +73,8 @@ MET Upgrade Instructions
 MET Version 12.0.0 Upgrade Instructions
 ---------------------------------------
 
-* MET Version 12.0.0 introduces three new required dependencies:
+* MET Version 12.0.0 introduces one new required and two new optional dependencies:
 
-  * The `Proj <https://proj.org/>`_ library dependency was added in the beta1 development cycle (`#2669 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2669>`_).
-  * The `Atlas <https://sites.ecmwf.int/docs/atlas/>`_ library dependency will be added in the beta2 development cycle (`#2574 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2574>`_).
-  * The `ecKit <https://github.com/ecmwf/eckit>`_ library dependency will be added in the beta2 development cycle (`#2574 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2574>`_).
+  * The required `Proj <https://proj.org/>`_ library dependency was added in the 12.0.0-beta1 development cycle (`#2669 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2669>`_).
+  * The optional `Atlas <https://sites.ecmwf.int/docs/atlas/>`_ library dependency was added in the 12.0.0-beta2 development cycle (`#2574 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2574>`_).
+  * The optional `ecKit <https://github.com/ecmwf/eckit>`_ library dependency was added in the 12.0.0-beta2 development cycle (`#2574 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2574>`_).

docs/conf.py

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 project = 'MET'
 author = 'UCAR/NCAR, NOAA, CSU/CIRA, and CU/CIRES'
 author_list = 'Prestopnik, J., H. Soh, L. Goodrich, B. Brown, R. Bullock, J. Halley Gotway, K. Newman, J. Opatz, T. Jensen'
-version = '12.0.0-beta1'
+version = '12.0.0-beta2'
 verinfo = version
 release = f'{version}'
 release_year = '2023'
-release_date = f'{release_year}-09-15'
+release_date = f'{release_year}-11-17'
 copyright = f'{release_year}, {author}'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------