Finalize v1.6.0 release (#26)

* 1.5.4 whatsnew

* rename release to 1.6.0

* add whatsnew template for 1.6.1

* add entry for shapely dependency

* rst formatting

Author: kandersolar

docs/sphinx/whatsnew.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ What's New
 
 These are new features and improvements of note in each release.
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/v1.5.4.rst
+.. include:: whatsnew/v1.6.0.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v1.5.3.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v1.5.2.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v1.5.1.rst

docs/sphinx/whatsnew/v1.5.4.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.. _whatsnew_160:
+
+v1.6.0 (February 7, 2025)
+=========================
+
+This release shifts the package to the new Shapely 2.0 API, meaning
+it can now be installed and used on Python 3.12+.
+
+Maintenance
+-----------
+* Advance shapely dependency to ``>=2.0`` (:pull:`22`)
+* Drop Python 3.7 support (:issue:`20`, :pull:`21`)
+* Add support for Python 3.12 and 3.13 (:pull:`17`)
+* Switch to pyproject.toml for PEP 517, 518, and 621 support (:issue:`19`, :pull:`18`)
+* Miscellaneous clean up (:pull:`23`, :pull:`24`, :pull:`25`)
+
+
+Contributors
+------------
+* Joseph S. (:ghuser:`joseph-sch`)
+* Marc Anoma (:ghuser:`anomam`)
+* Echedey Luis (:ghuser:`echedey-ls`)
+* Kevin Anderson (:ghuser:`kandersolar`)

docs/sphinx/whatsnew/v1.6.0.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.. _whatsnew_161:
+
+v1.6.1 (??)
+==========
+
+
+Maintenance
+-----------
+
+
+
+Contributors
+------------