Update the version number and release notes for v2.11.0rc2

[ehogan]

Description

Closes #2461

Link to documentation: https://esmvaltool--2462.org.readthedocs.build/projects/ESMValCore/en/2462/changelog.html#v2-11-0

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[ehogan]

Running the draft_release_notes.py script gave me the following changes:

diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index e3e4b518d..4840c5b28 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Backwards incompatible changes
 TODO: add examples of how to deal with these changes

 -  Allow contiguous representation of extracted regions (:pull:`2230`) by :user:`rebeccaherman1`
+-  Use `iris.FUTURE.save_split_attrs = True` to remove iris warning (:pull:`2398`) by :user:`schlunma`

 Deprecations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ Bug fixes
 -  Do not overwrite facets from recipe with CMOR table facets for derived variables (:pull:`2255`) by :user:`bouweandela`
 -  Fix error message in variable definition check (:pull:`2313`) by :user:`enekomartinmartinez`
 -  Unify dtype handling of preprocessors (:pull:`2393`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Fix bug in `_rechunk_aux_factory_dependencies` (:pull:`2428`) by :user:`ehogan`
+-  Avoid loading entire files into memory when downloading from ESGF (:pull:`2434`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Preserve cube attribute global vs local when concatenating (:pull:`2449`) by :user:`bouweandela`

 CMOR standard
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -55,6 +59,9 @@ Computational performance improvements
 -  Cache regridding weights if possible (:pull:`2344`) by :user:`schlunma`
 -  Implement lazy area weights (:pull:`2354`) by :user:`schlunma`
 -  Avoid large chunks in :func:`esmvalcore.preprocessor.climate_statistics` preprocessor function with `period='full'` (:pull:`2404`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Load data only once for ESMPy regridders (:pull:`2418`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Make volume calculation in preprocessor function `volume_statistics` lazy (:pull:`2436`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Lazy mask_fillvalues preprocessor function (:pull:`2340`) by :user:`bouweandela`

 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ Documentation
 -  Fix Codacy badge (:pull:`2382`) by :user:`bouweandela`
 -  Change 'mean' to 'percentile' in doc strings of preprocessor statistics (:pull:`2327`) by :user:`lukruh`
 -  Fixed typo in doc about weighted statistics (:pull:`2387`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Add advice on configuring Dask (:pull:`2435`) by :user:`bouweandela`

 Fixes for datasets
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -88,6 +96,11 @@ Installation
 -  Pin pandas yet again avoid new ``2.2.1`` as well (:pull:`2353`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
 -  Update Iris pin to avoid using versions with memory issues (:pull:`2408`) by :user:`chrisbillowsMO`
 -  Pin esmpy <8.6.0 (:pull:`2402`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
+-  Pin numpy<2.0.0 to avoid pulling 2.0.0rcX (:pull:`2415`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
+-  Remove compilers dependency from conda environment and force install x64 git in OSX Github Action workflows (:pull:`2420`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
+-  Add support for Python=3.12 (:pull:`2228`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
+-  Updated esmf-related pins (:pull:`2445`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Added iris-grib depedency (:pull:`2453`) by :user:`schlunma`

 Preprocessor
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -105,6 +118,7 @@ Preprocessor
 -  Modernize :func:`esmvalcore.preprocessor.regrid_time` and allow setting a common calendar for decadal, yearly, and monthly data (:pull:`2311`) by :user:`schlunma`
 -  Added unstructured linear regridding (:pull:`2350`) by :user:`schlunma`
 -  Add preprocessors :func:`esmvalcore.preprocessor.distance_metrics` and :func:`esmvalcore.preprocessor.histogram` (:pull:`2299`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Add `interpolate` to `resample_hours` (:pull:`2440`) by :user:`schlunma`

 Automatic testing
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -121,6 +135,7 @@ Automatic testing
 -  Add calls to ``conda list`` in Github Action test workflows to inspect environment (:pull:`2391`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
 -  Pin pandas yet again :panda_face: ``test_icon`` fails again with pandas=2.2.2 (:pull:`2394`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
 -  Fixed units of cl test data (necessary since iris>=3.8.0) (:pull:`2403`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  [CI Github Actions] Update (outdated) actions versions that produce Node.js warnings (:pull:`2411`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`

 Improvements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -132,12 +147,14 @@ Improvements
 -  Handle warnings about invalid units for iris>=3.8 (:pull:`2378`) by :user:`schlunma`
 -  Added note on how to access ``index.html`` on remote server (:pull:`2276`) by :user:`schlunma`
 -  Remove custom fix for concatenation of aux factories now that bug in iris is solved (:pull:`2392`) by :user:`schlunma`
--  Use ``iris.FUTURE.save_split_attrs = True`` to remove iris warning (:pull:`2398`) by :user:`schlunma`
 -  Ignored iris warnings about global attributes (:pull:`2400`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Increase the version number for 2.11.0 release (:pull:`2410`) by :user:`chrisbillowsMO`
+-  Add draft release notes for v2.11.0rc1 (:pull:`2414`) by :user:`chrisbillowsMO`
+-  Add native6, OBS6 and RAWOBS rootpaths to metoffice config-user.yml template, and remove temporary dir (:pull:`2432`) by :user:`alistairsellar`
+-  Make DRS path templates configurable per rootpath (:pull:`1894`) by :user:`bouweandela`

 .. _changelog-v2-10-0:

-
 v2.10.0
 -------
 Highlights

[ehogan]

2398 should be under Backwards incompatible changes as discussed at https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/2398#issuecomment-2121897282, so this change will be kept.

2428, #2434, #2449, #2418, #2415, #2228 and #2432 have been included in the release branch (see the ESMValCore v2.11.0 discussion), so these changes will be kept.

2436, #2340, #2435, #2420, #2445, #2453, #2440, #2411 and #1894 have, according to https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/commits/main/, been committed to main since we created the release branch but not been included in the release branch, so these changes will not be kept.

Resulting commit: 42e22a7b7

I then removed the release-related issues (#2410, #2414), as was done previously at https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/2414#discussion_r1595604579.

Resulting commit: a745184ef

[ehogan]

Removed:

Updated iris pin to iris>=3.6.1 (:pull:2286) by :user:schlunma

as discussed at https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValCore/pull/2414#pullrequestreview-2052987637 in 1f7d368a7

[ehogan]

Added highlights from #2412 via b3d715c4a.

[chrisbillowsMO]

Per @valeriupredoi's suggestion here I've added a couple of lines highlighting the Met Office's first time as release manager here: a4eb6eb

We've tried to walk the line of using it to celebrate the thriving ESMValTool community - and not just pat ourselves on the back. Hopefully that comes across!

[valeriupredoi]

Per @valeriupredoi's suggestion here I've added a couple of lines highlighting the Met Office's first time as release manager here: a4eb6eb

We've tried to walk the line of using it to celebrate the thriving ESMValTool community - and not just pat ourselves on the back. Hopefully that comes across!

looks great and well-deserved :beer: x3

[ehogan]

Ok, I think that's everything! 🤞

[valeriupredoi]

absolute legends yous! Lemme do a final check, and I can also merge if peeps are ready-ready :beer:

[ehogan]

Thanks everyone! 🥳 🍻