Prepare release v1.6

README.md

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 Latest News
 ===========
 
-FastArduino v1.5 has been released on 18th January 2020.
-The implemented enhancements are listed [here](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/7?closed=1).
-Please note that this version breaks compatibility on some API, as described in further detail in the [release notes](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/releases/tag/v1.5).
+FastArduino v1.6 has been released on 22nd November 2020.
+The implemented enhancements are listed [here](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/8?closed=1).
+Please note that this version breaks compatibility on I2C API, as described in further detail in the [release notes](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/releases/tag/v1.6).
 
 FastArduino
 ===========
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 What the library already has:
 
 - General utilities (queues, linked lists, busy loop delays)
-- LifeCycle management support to keep track of moving or destroyed objects (preview on Git master, to be released in **v1.6**)
-- "Future" support for asynchronous computation (preview on Git master, to be released in **v1.6**)
+- LifeCycle management support to keep track of moving or destroyed objects
+- "Future" support for asynchronous computation
 - Fast IO support: template-based, optimized for speed and size
 - Analog Digital Conversion support (in Single Conversion mode)
 - Analog Comparator support
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ What the library already has:
 - Pin Change Interrupt (PCI) handling
 - External Pin Interrupt handling
 - SPI master support
-- I2C master support (synchronous mode and asynchronous mode (preview on Git master, to be released in **v1.6**) for ATmega MCU)
+- I2C master support with both synchronous and asynchronous modes supported (asynchronous only for ATmega MCU)
 - Hardware UART support (for MCU that support it, ie not for ATtiny)
 - Software UART support (for all MCU)
 - "C++ like" Input/Output streams (used by UART implementations)
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ The roadmap of next activities and new supported features is the following:
 - [Milestone v1.3](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/5?closed=1) (released on 1.09.2019)
 - [Milestone v1.4](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/6?closed=1) (released on 22.09.2019)
 - [Milestone v1.5](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/7?closed=1) (released on 18.01.2020)
-- [Milestone v1.6](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/8) (30.11.2020)
+- [Milestone v1.6](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/8?closed=1) (released on 22.11.2020)
 - [Milestone v1.7](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/9) (31.12.2020)
 - [Milestone v2.0](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/3) (undefined date)
 - [Later](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+no%3Amilestone)
 
 Documentation - no milestones
 -----------------------------
-- Document how to add support for other boards in Tutorial (late 2020)
+- Document how to add support for other boards in Tutorial (1st half 2021)
 
 Milestones dates are "best effort" and may change based on contributors' availability.
 

basedoc/Release-process.txt

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 9. Official release in github
 10. Close milestone in github
 
+FastArduino 1.6 release
+
+I am happy to announce the 7th major release of FastArduino platform.
+
+Since release 1.5 (January 2020), the main changes are listed [there](https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/milestone/8?closed=1).
+
+This release brings the following improvements:
+- New API for "future" concept
+- New API for "lifecycle" concept and dynamic proxies
+- Global rework of the I2C support in order to allow asynchronous handling (on ATmega architecture only)
+- Small improvements to Timer API
+- Slight improvements to API of GPIO, PCI and PWM
+- New "test" namespace with a few helper function used by some FastArduino test examples
+
+Note that I2C API changes are unfortunately not fully compatible with existing programs:
+1. If your program uses FastArduino provided I2C devices, then small adaptations will be needed. All examples have been adapted to show these changes.
+2. If you have defined your own I2C device support, then you are out of luck: you will have to rewrite most of it, as I2C device API is now based on the new "future" concept.
+
+Other API changes shall have no impact on existing programs.
+
+Known bugs and requests for enhancements: https://github.com/jfpoilpret/fast-arduino-lib/issues
+
+The platform is well documented:
+
+- a [tutorial](http://jfpoilpret.github.io/fast-arduino-lib/tutorial.html) allows developers to discover and learn the platform step by step
+- FastArduino core API is documented through doxygen and documentation is published [here](http://jfpoilpret.github.io/fast-arduino-lib/)
+- FastArduino comes with many examples covering all supported features and devices
+
+I hope you'll enjoy playing with FastArduino platform; please submit enhancements you would like 
+to see in future versions or report issues you may discover.
+
+
+
 FastArduino 1.5 release
 
 I am happy to announce the 6th major release of FastArduino platform.