prepare for 1.6.0 (#69)

* prepare for 1.6.0

* remove mambaforge

.github/workflows/test-build.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ jobs:
     - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
       with:
         miniforge-version: latest
-        miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
     - name: Install Dependencies
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd build
         make test
-    # slightly redundant since conda packages KEA, but I guess this checks we haven't broken anything
     - name: check gdal
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: gdal_translate --formats | grep KEA
@@ -107,7 +105,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd build
         nmake test
-    # slightly redundant since conda packages KEA, but I guess this checks we haven't broken anything
     - name: check gdal
       shell: bash -el {0}
       run: gdal_translate --formats | grep KEA

Changes.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+1.6.0
+-----
+
+* Improved thread safety. Potential ABI breakage.
+* Better saving and restoring of hdf5 print stack status, should now be quieter
+* Increase default chunk size for Raster Attribute Tables, should improve 
+  performance on S3/curl filesystems.
+* Stop GDAL driver deriving from the PAM baseclasses. Should now be no annoying .aux.xml files.
+* Fix overview writing - tiles were not being flushed in some situations.
+* Removed unused ERDAS Imagine and Arc drivers.
+* Increase chunksize for copying the RAT during CreateCopy operations.
+
 1.5.3
 -----