[ANNOUNCE] branch-2.5 branched today

[Andrew Purtell]

Today we opened a new branch for releasing the 2.5 code line, branch-2.5.

branch-2 has been renumbered to 2.6.0-SNAPSHOT.

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Best regards,
Andrew

Words like orphans lost among the crosstalk, meaning torn from truth's
decrepit hands
   - A23, Crosstalk