Rc.3.0.0 (#165)

* Update pyproject.toml

* Update RELEASE.md

* Update RELEASE.md

* Update CITATION.cff

* Update README.md

Author: Sierd

CITATION.cff

@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ keywords:
   - sediment
 license: GPL-3.0
 commit: 0adaedfc8015f18b3b551bed1dda38d630cd8c95
-version: 2.1.2
-date-released: '2023-03-29'
+version: 3.0.0.rc1
+date-released: '2023-10-18'

README.md

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Read our [Contribution Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) to know how you can help to
 
 Please, cite this software as follows:
 
-*de Vries, S., Hallin, C., van IJzendoorn, C., van Westen, B., Cohn, N., Strypsteen, G., Skaden, J., Agrawal, N., & Garcia Alvarez, M. (2023). AeoLiS (Version 2.1.2) [Computer software]. https://github.com/openearth/aeolis-python*
+*de Vries, S., Hallin, C., van IJzendoorn, C., van Westen, B., Cohn, N., Strypsteen, G., Skaden, J., Agrawal, N., & Garcia Alvarez, M. (2023). AeoLiS (Version 3.0.0.rc1) [Computer software]. https://github.com/openearth/aeolis-python*
 
 ## Acknowlegdements
 

RELEASE.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All packaging instructions are in the [pyproject.toml](pyproject.toml)
 A. Before generating a new release, make sure that all  relevant code changes have been merge to the **main** branch.
 
 B. Bump the version by updating the `pyproject.toml`. For consistency, you also have to update the version on `CITATION.cff` and `README.md` (citation section).
+<br> (For pre-release versioning [see](https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools/#pre-release-versioning))
 
 C. To test if the Python source package (`.tar.gz`) and the binary package (`.whl`) can be built without problem in the `dist/` directory, install `build` and build the package:
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ exclude = [
 
 [project]
 name = "aeolis"
-version = "2.1.3"
+version = "3.0.0.rc1"
 authors = [
   { name="Sierd de Vries", email="sierd.devries@tudelft.nl" },
 ]
 maintainers = [
   {name="Sierd de Vries", email="sierd.devries@tudelft.nl"},
-  {name="Bart van de Westen"},
+  {name="Bart van Westen"},
 ]
 description = "A process-based model for simulating supply-limited aeolian sediment transport"
 readme = "README.md"