Merge pull request #22 from CDOT-CV/docs/release-notes-for-1.6.0

Release Notes for v1.6.0

docs/Release_notes.md

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 asn1_codec Release Notes
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+Version 1.6.0, released February 2024
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+### **Summary**
+The changes for the asn1_codec 1.6.0 release include dockerfile optimizations, a transition to J2735 2020, dockerhub image documentation, a move to including the generated header/implementation files in tracked files as tarballs and updated SCMS files.
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+Enhancements in this release:
+- CDOT PR 14: Optimized dockerfiles for smaller & faster deployments by switching over to using alpine as the base image
+- CDOT PR 18: Allowed 'doIt.sh' to target directories instead of a single file
+- CDOT PR 19: Transitioned to using the ASN files for J2735 2020.
+- CDOT PR 17: Added dockerhub image documentation
+- CDOT PR 21: Included generated header/implementation files in tracked files as tarballs
+- CDOT PR 20: Updated SCMS files
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+Known Issues:
+- The do_kafka_test.sh script in the project's root directory is currently not running successfully. The issue is being investigated and will be addressed in a future update.
+- According to Valgrind, a minor memory leak has been detected. The development team is aware of this and is actively working on resolving it.
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+
 Version 1.5.0, released November 2023
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