prepping release, adding pre-release doc

Author: petersilva

README.rst

@@ -298,10 +298,11 @@ As of 2022/12, development is on v3 compatible version of sarrac.
 The customer switched to sr3, so there is no need to continue with v2.
 The existing git branches and their roles:
 
-* v03 ... the default development branch, launchpad.net daily packages built from here.
-* main ... v03 release branch, tracks v03 punctually. launchpad.net stable packages built from here.
-* v2_stable ... v2 release branch, tracks v2 punctually. (legacy)
+* development ... the default development branch, launchpad.net daily packages built from here.
+* pre-release ... v03 pre-release branch, tracks development punctually. launchpad.net pre-release packages built from here.
+* stable ... v03 release branch, tracks pre-release punctually. launchpad.net stable packages built from here.
 * v2 ... v2 development branch. (legacy)
+* v2_stable ... v2 release branch, tracks v2 punctually. (legacy)
 * issueXXX ... branch developed to address a particular issue.
 
 

debian/changelog

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-metpx-sr3c (3.24.01) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+metpx-sr3c (3.24.03rc1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
+  * fix #141 sr3_cpost in a tree being mirrored (conflict with shim)
   * tests: fix for link modification times cannot be preserved.
   * test fixes for changes in python side.
   * README revised to reflect that cpump is not resilient to failure.