Create the MET-12.0.0-rc1 release

[JohnHalleyGotway]

Describe the Task

Create the MET-12.0.0-rc1 development release.

Remember to:

Update dtcenter/METplus#2342 discussion to request external acceptance testing of new features.

Time Estimate

2 hours.

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None needed

Relevant Deadlines

Target release date is 11/13/2024

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• METplus, MET, METdataio, METviewer, METexpress, METcalcpy, METplotpy

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• Complete the development and test your changes.
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• Iterate until the reviewer(s) accept and merge your changes.
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[JohnHalleyGotway]

Input from @georgemccabe to help with Release Notes and the Release Acceptance Testing Discussion:

     * Consider adding centered Anomaly Correlation to the output of MET.
       (`#619 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/619>`_)
     * Check the return status of the "make clean html" command in build_documentation.sh
       (`#2436 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2436>`_)
     * Update `ndbc_stations.xml` after 7-character buoy ids are introduced in Aug/Sept 2023
       (`#2631 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2631>`_)
     * Enhance MET to compile and link against the Proj library
       (`#2669 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2669>`_)
     * Fix the wind-based diagnostics computations in TC-Diag
       (`#2729 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2729>`_)
     * Upgrade to G2C library version that supports CCSDS encoding
       (`#2759 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2759>`_)
     * Update GRIB tables in MET based on wgrib2 versions 3.1.4 and 3.4.0
       (`#2780 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2780>`_)
     * Enhance MET to parse the `set_attr` options prior reading data from gridded data files
       (`#2826 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2826>`_)
     * Eliminate Point2Grid warning when no valid output data is found
       (`#3000 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/3000>`_)
     * Enhancement for next MET and METPLUS Release: Adding Exports to Log File
       (`#3004 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/3004>`_)

| **OPEN** || [#619](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/619) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#2436](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2436) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#2631](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2631) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#2669](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2669) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#2729](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2729) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#2759](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2759) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#2780](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2780) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#2826](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2826) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#3000](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/3000) | rc1 |||
| **OPEN** || [#3004](https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/3004) | rc1 |||