From 3a814e27a39d6f4a55d053ba06359648ad69218a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Helen Kershaw <20047007+hkershaw-brown@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 08:59:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove readme with out of date links.

This file is left over from the docs pre .rst conversion ~2020

fixes #1027
---
 build_templates/README.md | 17 -----------------
 1 file changed, 17 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 build_templates/README.md

diff --git a/build_templates/README.md b/build_templates/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f89c5af33..0000000000
--- a/build_templates/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-
-#### Building and Customizing the 'mkmf.template' file
-
-A series of templates for different compilers/architectures can be found in
-the *DART/build_templates* directory and have names with extensions
-that identify the compiler, the architecture, or both. This is how you
-inform the build process of the specifics of your system. **Our intent
-is that you copy one that is similar to your system into
-`DART/build_templates/mkmf.template` and customize it.**
-
-Go into the `build_templates` subdirectory and copy over the closest `mkmf.template.<compiler system>` file into `mkmf.template`.
-
-Edit `mkmf.template` to set the `NETCDF` directory location if not in
-`/usr/local` or comment it out and set `$NETCDF` in your environment.
-
-For more information on how to customize the machine-specific resources,
-[see here](https://dart.ucar.edu/pages/Getting_Started.html#customizations).

From 7c375283e6ae2c3ae4308bdd2736c090ed01ea65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Helen Kershaw <20047007+hkershaw-brown@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 14:39:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] bump conf.py and changelog for release

---
 CHANGELOG.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 conf.py       |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 444b454099..863aeff3bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ individual files.
 
 The changes are now listed with the most recent at the top.
 
+**January 8 2026 :: ARVOR Float and SVP Drifters. Tag v11.20.0**
+
+New Features:
+
+  - ARVOR float observation converter
+  - SVP drifter observation converter
+  - csv read utilities
+
+Bug-fix:
+
+  - Remove format read for clamping values in parse_variables_clamp,
+    wrf, mpas, tiegcm that caused integers to be misread.
+
 **January 6 2026 :: DART Data Archive. Tag v11.19.3**
 
 - WRF tutorial updated to get data from data.dart.ucar.edu
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index a1dcc19c30..7a9b477602 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 author = 'Data Assimilation Research Section'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '11.19.3'
+release = '11.20.0'
 root_doc = 'index'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------