Release 1.6 - fixes and minor changes

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation-change.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Documentation Change
+description: Suggest a change to documentation
+title: "Documentation: "
+labels: ["documentation"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        Thanks for helping us maintain the CASDK documentation! If you'd just like to fix spelling/typos in the current documentation,
+        feel free to submit a pull request without raising an issue. If you'd like to change the content of current documentation,
+        please submit this issue to explain the purpose of the change.
+  - type: input
+    id: contact
+    attributes:
+      label: Contact Details
+      description: How can we get in touch with you if we need more info?
+      placeholder: ex. [email protected]
+    validations:
+      required: false
+  - type: textarea
+    id: overview
+    attributes:
+      label: Overview of Change
+      description: Please give a brief overview of your intended change. What is the purpose of the change and what content will be impacted?
+      placeholder: Explain change
+      value: "Describe change"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: terms
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: By submitting this issue, you agree to follow the [Way We Work](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/standards_wg/blob/main/the_way_we_work.md)
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
+          required: true

.github/workflows/1-pr.yaml

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./src/CarbonAware.WebApi/src 
 
       - name: Upload swagger artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pr-swagger.yaml
           path: src/CarbonAware.WebApi/src/wwwroot/api/v1/swagger.yaml
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DOTNET_ROLL_FORWARD: LatestMajor
       - name: Upload dev artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: dev-swagger.yaml
           path: src/CarbonAware.WebApi/src/wwwroot/api/v1/swagger.yaml
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pr-swagger.yaml
           path: ./src/CarbonAware.WebApi/src/wwwroot/api/v1/pr-swagger.yaml

.github/workflows/6-jekyll-gh-pages.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
 
 # Allow only one concurrent deployment, skipping runs queued between the run in-progress and latest queued.
-# However, do NOT cancel in-progress runs as we want to allow these production deployments to complete.
+# However, do NOT cancel in-progress runs as we want to allow these production deployments to complete. 
 concurrency:
   group: "pages"
   cancel-in-progress: false
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 20
 
       - name: Copy Files
         run: |

.github/workflows/dev_carbon-aware-api.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         run: dotnet publish -c Release -o ${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp
 
       - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: CarbonAwareApi
           path: ${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Download artifact from build job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: CarbonAwareApi
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@
 
 All notable changes to the Carbon Aware SDK will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.6.0] - 2024-09
+
+Release for milestone https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/milestone/8?closed=1 with general bugs fixes and improvements
+
+### Added 
+
+- [PR #555] Add a configuration for disabling to cache JSON emission data ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/555)
+- [PR #544] Add env directive to values.yaml and troubleshooting guide to avoid inotify limitation on Linux ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/544)
+- [PR #524] Add blog article for .NET 8 upgrade ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/524)
+- [PR #523] documentation-change.yml: Created issue template for documentation ch… ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/523)
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [#528] [Bug]: Avoid inotify limit in WebAPI container on Kubernetes ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/528)
+- [PR #553] Documentation: "it's" is used incorrectly several times ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/553)
+- [PR #551] Docs/blog update for releases 1.3 to1.5 and fix ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/551)
+
+For more details, checkout [https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/559](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/559) 
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2024-05
 
 This is the WattTime v3 update.  Most notable changes that may require action are for deployment configuration, and these are minor.
@@ -73,7 +94,7 @@ No changes
 No changes
 
 
-For more details, checkout [https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/503](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/503) 
+For more details, checkout [https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/540](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/540) 
 
 
 ## [1.4.0] - 2024-05

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ By knowing the carbon emissions of the energy that powers your applications, you
 * Using data to run hypothetical models to understand how you could start driving impact and reduce emissions, drive business cases for change, and create a greener future. 
 
 
-Within the [Green Software Foundations Theory of Change](https://greensoftware.foundation/articles/theory-of-change), we look at 3 pillars, that being **Knowledge**, **Tech Culture**, and **Tooling** as focus areas to drive this change.  The Carbon Aware SDK at it's core sits firmly in the **Tooling** pillar, and also supports the other pillars, providing **Knowledge** through emissions data to inform change, and being core enabler for the **Tech Culture** for building carbon aware software.
+Within the [Green Software Foundations Theory of Change](https://greensoftware.foundation/articles/theory-of-change), we look at 3 pillars, that being **Knowledge**, **Tech Culture**, and **Tooling** as focus areas to drive this change.  The Carbon Aware SDK at its core sits firmly in the **Tooling** pillar, and also supports the other pillars, providing **Knowledge** through emissions data to inform change, and being core enabler for the **Tech Culture** for building carbon aware software.
 
 Companies including UBS and Vestas have already deployed the Carbon Aware SDK to build greener software, and you can too!
 

casdk-docs/README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This website is built using [Docusaurus 2](https://docusaurus.io/), a modern sta
 ### Installation
 
 ```
-$ yarn
+$ yarn 
 ```
 
 ### Local Development 

casdk-docs/blog/2024-02-13-release-1.3.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+---
+slug: release-v1.3
+title: Release v1.3
+tags: [v1.3, release]
+---
+
+Release 1.3
+
+
+### Added 
+
+- docs site at https://carbon-aware-sdk.greensoftware.foundation/
+- [PR #464 Create SECURITY.md ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/464)
+- [PR #461 CarbonHack24 Update to README.md ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/461)
+- [PR #457 Features/codespaces quickstart ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/457)
+- [PR #459 Readme updates for clarity ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/459)
+- [PR #449 Support location source setting in Helm chart ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/449)
+- [PR #431 Update documentation of Usefulness (adopters.md)  ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/431)
+- [#416 Add disclaimer banner to any public-facing documentation (docusaurus webpage) ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/416)
+- [#415 Update documentation of secureness (security.md) ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/415)
+- [#414 Update documentation of Usefulness (adopters.md) ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/414)
+- [#413 Update documentation for Test Coverage ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/413)
+- [#412 Update documentation for End User Guide (enablement.md) ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/412)
+- [#410 Update documentation for How to contribute (contributing.md ) ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/410)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [#344 [Bug]: Fix and update doc deployment workflow ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/344)                 
+
+### Changed
+
+- [#411 Update documentation for Project overview (ReadMe) ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/411)
+- [PR #454 Update quickstart.md ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/454)
+- [PR #453 Update overview.md ](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/pull/453)
+
+#### API
+
+- 
+
+#### API Deployment
+
+- 
+
+#### SDK 
+
+- 
+
+
+#### Other
+
+- 
+
+
+For more details, checkout [https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/474](https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk/issues/474)