feature/data-release-contexts

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+12.0.0 (unreleased)
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+General
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+- Default context changed from "operational" to "latest". For JWST, the default context is the "build" context as determined by locally installed calibration software version. This can be overridden if CRDS_CONTEXT environment variable is explicitly set by user. [#1076]
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+- Setting environment variable `CRDS_CONTEXT=latest` automatically sets the effective context to the latest operational context found on the CRDS Server. [#1062]
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+- `client.api.get_default_context` by default returns build context for jwst, else latest. This can still be overridden by explicitly passing a value into optional arg `state`. [#1069]
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 11.18.4 (2024-09-10)
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 - Replaced deprecated SafeConfigParser with ConfigParser in crds.core.config [#1065]
 - moved DMS requirement correlations with tests from ``@metrics_logger`` test decorators to ``test/dms_requirement_tests.json`` [#1064]
 
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 11.18.3 (2024-09-03)
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