Release Version 1.9.0

[GeorgeGayno-NOAA]

The HAFS group has requested a release to support the upcoming HAFS v1.0.0 implementation.

• Update the VERSION file.
• Use the tag name ufs_utils_1_9_0.
• After updating the VERSION file, rebuild the Doxygen documentation and update the gh-pages branch.
• Update the bullet list of items in the release notes, with links to the issues closed.
• After doing the release, create draft release notes (via cut and paste) for the next release, and update the spack repo.

[edwardhartnett]

One more thing is to make sure that the main spack repo is updated to include this release. Alex can help with that...

[GeorgeGayno-NOAA]

@AlexanderRichert-NOAA I will need your help.

[AlexanderRichert-NOAA]

@AlexanderRichert-NOAA I will need your help.

Happy to help. Feel free to add me as an assignee, and I can start looking at transitioning the CI to using main spack (at least I assume that's what you're after).

[GeorgeGayno-NOAA]

@AlexanderRichert-NOAA I will need your help.

Happy to help. Feel free to add me as an assignee, and I can start looking at transitioning the CI to using main spack (at least I assume that's what you're after).

I will let @edwardhartnett clarify.

The HAFS group needs this release by this Friday. So, I hope this will not be a lot of work.

[edwardhartnett]

@GeorgeGayno-NOAA you can go ahead and do the release when you are ready. Changing the spack package happens after the release.

@AlexanderRichert-NOAA George needs help updating the spack package file for ufs_utils for the new release. George, it's a trivially easy one-step process, as long as dependencies have not changed since last release...

[GeorgeGayno-NOAA]

@BinLiu-NOAA The release is here: https://github.com/ufs-community/UFS_UTILS/releases/tag/ufs_utils_1_9_0

[AlexanderRichert-NOAA]

@GeorgeGayno-NOAA @edwardhartnett Here's my spack branch for adding v1.9.0: https://github.com/AlexanderRichert-NOAA/spack/tree/ufs_utils_update
Let me know if you have any concerns, I'll plan to put in the PR shortly.