Release 2.6.0 (#459)

Release PR for 2.6.0

* changelog
* version bump

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <a href="https://skpro.readthedocs.io/en/latest"><img src="https://github.com/sktime/skpro/blob/main/docs/source/images/skpro-banner.png" width="500" align="right" /></a>
 
-:rocket: **Version 2.5.1 out now!** [Read the release notes here.](https://skpro.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html).
+:rocket: **Version 2.6.0 out now!** [Read the release notes here.](https://skpro.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html).
 
 `skpro` is a library for supervised probabilistic prediction in python.
 It provides `scikit-learn`-like, `scikit-base` compatible interfaces to:

docs/source/_static/switcher.json

@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
     "url": "https://skpro.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
   },
   {
-    "name": "2.5.1 (stable)",
+    "name": "2.6.0 (stable)",
+    "version": "stable",
+    "url": "https://skpro.readthedocs.io/en/v2.6.0/"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "2.5.1",
     "version": "stable",
     "url": "https://skpro.readthedocs.io/en/v2.5.1/"
   },

docs/source/changelog.rst

@@ -16,6 +16,30 @@ For planned changes and upcoming releases, see roadmap in the
 `issue tracker <https://github.com/sktime/skpro/issues>`_.
 
 
+[2.6.0] - 2024-09-08
+====================
+
+Maintenance release with scheduled deprecations and updates.
+
+Dependency changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ``numpy`` bounds have been updated to ``>=1.21.0,<2.2``.
+* ``scikit-base`` bounds have been updated to ``>=0.6.1,<0.10.0``.
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* [ENH] refactor ``datatypes`` mtypes - checkers, converters (:pr:`392`) :user:`fkiraly`
+* [ENH] refactor ``datatypes`` mtypes - example fixtures (:pr:`458`) :user:`fkiraly`
+
+Maintenance
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* [MNT] [Dependabot](deps): Update ``scikit-base`` requirement from ``<0.9.0,>=0.6.1`` to ``>=0.6.1,<0.10.0`` (:pr:`454`) :user:`dependabot[bot]`
+* [MNT] [Dependabot](deps): Update ``numpy`` requirement from ``<2.1,>=1.21.0`` to ``>=1.21.0,<2.2`` (:pr:`453`) :user:`dependabot[bot]`
+
+
 [2.5.1] - 2024-09-07
 ====================
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "skpro"
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.6.0"
 description = "A unified framework for probability distributions and probabilistic supervised regression"
 authors = [
     {name = "skpro developers", email = "[email protected]"},

skpro/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """skpro."""
 
-__version__ = "2.5.1"
+__version__ = "2.6.0"
 
 __all__ = ["show_versions"]
 

skpro/base/_base.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         py39_or_higher = SpecifierSet(">=3.9")
         sys_version = sys.version.split(" ")[0]
 
-        # todo 2.6.0 - check whether python 3.8 eol is reached.
+        # todo 2.7.0 - check whether python 3.8 eol is reached.
         # If yes, remove this msg.
         if sys_version not in py39_or_higher:
             warn(