chore: prepare the release of version 0.26.0

[JKRhb]

This PR makes some preparations for the release of version 0.26.0 and updates the changelog.

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[Apollon77]

I try to find time on the weeknd for all the PRs - I ned to finish one other topic before that but i'm close :-))

I had some fin with Amazon Alexa stuff some days because of changes by Amazon ... that killed my schedule a bit ...

[JKRhb]

One general question: Should the refactorings be part of the changelog? I guess they are probably not that interesting for people using the module.

[Apollon77]

I would add one "refactorings blaah" entry because it may still cause issues (hopefully not)

[JKRhb]

I would add one "refactorings blaah" entry because it may still cause issues (hopefully not)

Very good suggestion :) I now tried to condense the changelog a bit more, would be awesome if you could have a look on it :)

[JKRhb]

By the way: I noticed that you can actually generate changelogs for releases automatically (under the "Releases" tab). Maybe we don't actually need the CHANGELOG.md file?

[JKRhb]

Ping @Apollon77? :)

[Apollon77]

try to do next days ... was some days off because ofg family stuff, sorry

[Apollon77]

I never saw that automatic generation till now :-)) But yes we could also use this and remove the changelog file ...

[JKRhb]

I never saw that automatic generation till now :-)) But yes we could also use this and remove the changelog file ...

Seems to be a new future :) I think it went live a couple of weeks ago but its formal introduction was on the recent Github Universe event, if I am not mistaken. Should save some time in the future in any case :)

Alternatively we could also keep the changelog file and copy the generated release notes over?

[Apollon77]

lets leave in0.26.0 and remove for 1.0