From a3144fb2d203a5286403a9d11232c6d8580cae71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Peglar <patrick.peglar@metoffice.gov.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 16:26:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Release notes for v0.21, to support latest ecCodes. (#597)

* Release notes for v0.21, to support latest ecCodes.

* Remove private url.
---
 docs/index.rst             |  2 +-
 docs/ref/release_notes.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index b74521a9..39110e68 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
    contain the root `toctree` directive.
 
-Iris-grib v0.20
+Iris-grib v0.21
 ===============
 
 The library ``iris-grib`` provides functionality for converting between weather and
diff --git a/docs/ref/release_notes.rst b/docs/ref/release_notes.rst
index deed099d..b013b0d2 100644
--- a/docs/ref/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/ref/release_notes.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,31 @@ Release Notes
 =============
 
 
+What's new in iris-grib v0.21.0
+-------------------------------
+
+:Release: 0.21.0
+:Date: 07 January 2025
+
+Dependencies
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+* `@pp-mo <https://github.com/pp-mo>`_ added a fix to support ecCodes versions >= 2.38
+  `(PR#578) <https://github.com/SciTools/iris-grib/pull/578>`_
+* `@pp-mo <https://github.com/pp-mo>`_ fixed tests to work with numpy versions >= 2.0
+  `(PR#580) <https://github.com/SciTools/iris-grib/pull/580>`_
+
+Internal
+^^^^^^^^
+* `@trexfeathers <https://github.com/trexfeathers>`_ added integration tests to ensure
+  code coverage of GRIB1 loading code, to enable future refactoring.
+  `(ISSUE#488) <https://github.com/SciTools/iris-grib/issues/488>`_,
+  `(PR#583) <https://github.com/SciTools/iris-grib/pull/583>`_
+* `@pp-mo <https://github.com/pp-mo>`_ updated repository automation to meet current
+  SciTools code quality recommendations
+  `(PR#568) <https://github.com/SciTools/iris-grib/pull/568>`_,
+  `(PR#572) <https://github.com/SciTools/iris-grib/pull/572>`_
+
+
 What's new in iris-grib v0.20.0
 -------------------------------