release notes for v0.6.0

RELEASE_NOTES

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 This file contains a description of the major changes to the EESSI
 build-and-deploy bot. For more detailed information, please see the git log.
 
+v0.6.0 (18 September 2024)
+--------------------------
+
+This is a minor release of the EESSI build-and-deploy bot.
+
+Bug fixes:
+* mark 'with_accelerator' setting as required (#282)
+
+Improvements:
+* move merged PR job directories to 'trash_bin_dir' (#271)
+  * the target directory can be defined with the 'app.cfg' setting 'trash_bin_dir'
+  * it uses 'shutil.move' which tries to use 'mv' if source and target are on the
+    same filesystem
+* add setting to give all jobs a unique name (#273)
+* move closed PR job directories to 'trash_bin_dir' (#275)
+* add filter for accelerators (#276)
+* add support for updating Slurm options through user-defined python module in
+  target PR (#277)
+* use GitHub API for downloading the diff of a PR (#278)
+* add documentation about private repos (#279)
+* pass accelerator value to job scripts (via job.cfg) and extend PR comment if
+  the 'accelerator' argument is used (#280)
+
+New 'app.cfg' settings (see README.md and app.cfg.example for details):
+* (optional) 'allow_update_submit_opts'
+* (required) 'job_name'
+* (required) 'moved_job_dirs_comment'
+* (required) 'trash_bin_dir'
+* (required) 'with_accelerator'
+
+
 v0.5.0 (16 May 2024)
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