Add changelog for v2.6.0rc1 (#1633)

* Add changelog

* Change version name

Author: sloosvel

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 Changelog
 =========
 
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+.. _changelog-v2-6-0:
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+v2.6.0
+------
+
+Highlights
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- A new set of CMOR fixes is now available in order to load native EMAC model output and CMORize it on the fly. For details, see :ref:`Supported native models: EMAC <read_emac>`.
+- The version number of ESMValCore is now automatically generated using `setuptools_scm <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/#default-versioning-scheme>`__, which extracts Python package versions from git metadata.
+
+This release includes
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Added `start_year` and `end_year` attributes to derived variables (`#1547 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1547>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+-  Show all results on recipe results webpage (`#1560 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1560>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+-  Regridding regular grids with similar coordinates  (`#1567 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1567>`__) `Tomas Lovato <https://github.com/tomaslovato>`__
+-  Fix timerange wildcard search when deriving variables or downloading files (`#1562 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1562>`__) `sloosvel <https://github.com/sloosvel>`__
+-  Fix `force_derivation` bug (`#1627 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1627>`__) `sloosvel <https://github.com/sloosvel>`__
+
+CMOR standard
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Added custom CMOR tables used for EMAC CMORizer (`#1599 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1599>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+-  Extended ICON CMORizer (`#1549 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1549>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+-  Add CMOR check exception for a basin coord named sector (`#1612 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1612>`__) `David Hohn <https://github.com/dhohn>`__
+
+Containerization
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Remove update command in Dockerfile (`#1630 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1630>`__) `sloosvel <https://github.com/sloosvel>`__
+
+Community
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Add David Hohn to contributors' list (`#1586 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1586>`__) `Valeriu Predoi <https://github.com/valeriupredoi>`__
+
+Deprecations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Deprecate the function `esmvalcore.var_name_constraint` (`#1592 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1592>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  [Github Actions Docs] Full explanation on how to use the GA test triggered by PR comment and added docs link for GA hosted runners  (`#1553 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1553>`__) `Valeriu Predoi <https://github.com/valeriupredoi>`__
+-  Update the command for building the documentation (`#1556 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1556>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+-  Update documentation on running the tool (`#1400 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1400>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+-  Add support for DKRZ-Levante (`#1558 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1558>`__) `Rémi Kazeroni <https://github.com/remi-kazeroni>`__
+-  Improved documentation on native dataset support (`#1559 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1559>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+-  Tweak `extract_point` preprocessor: explain what it returns if one point coord outside cube and add explicit test  (`#1584 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1584>`__) `Valeriu Predoi <https://github.com/valeriupredoi>`__
+-  Update CircleCI, readthedocs, and Docker configuration (`#1588 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1588>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+-  Remove support for Mistral in `config-user.yml` (`#1620 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1620>`__) `Rémi Kazeroni <https://github.com/remi-kazeroni>`__
+
+Improvements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Removed trailing whitespace in custom CMOR tables (`#1564 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1564>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+-  Try searching multiple ESGF index nodes (`#1561 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1561>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+-  Add CMIP6 `amoc` derivation case and add a test (`#1577 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1577>`__) `Valeriu Predoi <https://github.com/valeriupredoi>`__
+-  Added EMAC CMORizer (`#1554 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1554>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+
+Fixes for datasets
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Fixes of ocean variables in multiple CMIP6 datasets (`#1566 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1566>`__) `Tomas Lovato <https://github.com/tomaslovato>`__
+-  Ensure lat/lon bounds in FGOALS-l3 atmos variables are contiguous (`#1571 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1571>`__) `sloosvel <https://github.com/sloosvel>`__
+-  Added `AllVars` fix for CMIP6's ICON-ESM-LR (`#1582 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1582>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+
+Installation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Removed `package/meta.yml` (`#1540 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1540>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+-  Pinned iris>=3.2.1 (`#1552 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1552>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
+-  Use setuptools-scm to automatically generate the version number (`#1578 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1578>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+
+Preprocessor
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Add general `extract_coordinate_points` preprocessor (`#1581 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1581>`__) `sloosvel <https://github.com/sloosvel>`__
+-  Add preprocessor `accumulate_coordinate` (`#1281 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1281>`__) `Javier Vegas-Regidor <https://github.com/jvegreg>`__
+
+Release
+~~~~~~~
+
+-  Increase version number for ESMValCore v2.6.0rc1 (`#1632 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1632>`__) `sloosvel <https://github.com/sloosvel>`__
+
+Automatic testing
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Refresh CircleCI cache weekly (`#1597 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1597>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+-  Use correct cache restore key on CircleCI (`#1598 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1598>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+-  Install git and ssh before checking out code on CircleCI (`#1601 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1601>`__) `Bouwe Andela <https://github.com/bouweandela>`__
+-  Fetch all history in Github Action tests (`#1622 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1622>`__) `sloosvel <https://github.com/sloosvel>`__
+
+Variable Derivation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Added derivation of `hfns` (`#1594 <https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/1594>`__) `Manuel Schlund <https://github.com/schlunma>`__
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 .. _changelog-v2-5-0:
 
 v2.5.0