Merge pull request #1324 from Unidata/v1.7.0rel

prepare for v1.7.0 release

Changelog

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- version 1.7.0 (not yet released)
+ version 1.7.0 (tag v1.7.0rel)
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  * add support for complex numbers via `auto_complex` keyword to `Dataset` (PR #1295)
  * fix for deprecated Cython `DEF` and `IF` statements using compatibility header
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  * Fix bug in set_collective introduced in PR #1277 (collective mode was
    always set).
 
-
-
  version 1.6.5 (tag v1.6.5rel)
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  * fix for issue #1271 (mask ignored if bool MA assinged to uint8 var)

README.md

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 ## News
 For details on the latest updates, see the [Changelog](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/blob/master/Changelog).
 
+06/??/2024: Version [1.7.0](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/netCDF4/1.7.0) released. Add support for complex numbers via `auto_complex` keyword to `Dataset` ([PR #1295](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/pull/1295))
+
 10/20/2023: Version [1.6.5](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/netCDF4/1.6.5) released. 
 Fix for issue #1271 (mask ignored if bool MA assinged to uint8 var), 
 support for python 3.12 (removal of python 3.7 support), more