Designate 1.6.0rc0 release

jarrodmillman · jarrodmillman · commit 030b21e4e7f1 · 2023-06-29T14:27:55.000-07:00
diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ Release notes
    For release notes (sparsely) kept prior to 1.0.0, look at the `releases page
    on GitHub <https://github.com/numpy/numpydoc/releases>`__.
 
+1.6.0rc0
+--------
+
+Release date: 29 June 2023
+
+Requires Python 3.8+ and Sphinx 5+.
 
 1.5.0
 -----
diff --git a/numpydoc/_version.py b/numpydoc/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.0rc1.dev0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0rc0"
