Documentation: Update Release Notes to include updating the schedule for releases

[jprestop]

Describe the Task

The METplus Release Information page indicates the date for the releases and needs to be updated once the release date is set. This can be done under the section for creating the release notes and/or updating the version. Add text to update this section.

Time Estimate

<1 day

Sub-Issues

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• Add a checkbox for each sub-issue here.

Relevant Deadlines

RC1

Funding Source

2782544 (NOAA Base)

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• Select Milestone as a METplus-Wrappers-X.Y.Z version, Consider for Next Release, or Backlog of Development Ideas
• For a METplus-Wrappers-X.Y.Z version, select the METplus-Wrappers-X.Y.Z Development project

Define Related Issue(s)

Consider the impact to the other METplus components.

• METplus, MET, METdataio, METviewer, METexpress, METcalcpy, METplotpy

Task Checklist

See the METplus Workflow for details.

• Complete the issue definition above, including the Time Estimate and Funding Source.
• Fork this repository or create a branch of develop.
  Branch name: feature_<Issue Number>_<Description>
• Complete the development and test your changes.
• Add/update log messages for easier debugging.
• Add/update unit tests.
• Add/update documentation.
• Add any new Python packages to the METplus Components Python Requirements table.
• For any new datasets, an entry to the METplus Verification Datasets Guide.
• Push local changes to GitHub.
• Submit a pull request to merge into develop.
  Pull request: feature <Issue Number> <Description>
• Define the pull request metadata, as permissions allow.
  Select: Reviewer(s) and Development issue
  Select: Milestone as the next official version
  Select: METplus-Wrappers-X.Y.Z Development project for development toward the next official release
• Iterate until the reviewer(s) accept and merge your changes.
• Delete your fork or branch.
• Close this issue.

[jprestop]

Reopening to further refine instructions:

• The development timeline should be a separate METplus only instruction.

Additional updates to the release notes:

In the Update Version Number for Release section for METplus, put the instructions in pull downs so you have to read the description and click to open the relevant instructions:

• A pull down with title that says "If creating a betaN release" and content that includes the instructions to update the version number
• A pull down with title that says "If creating an rcN release" and content that says continue to the next instruction.