Add a release pipeline (#444)

Also fix the changelog

Update changelog prior to 2.6.0 release (#441)

Bumping black pre-commit hook version

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Bumping version for release

2.5.1 release

Setting version number for next release

Changelog for v2.4.4

Changelog for v2.4.3

[refs #304] Adding changelog update and version bump for hotfix release