Merge pull request #130 from ZLLentz/relnotes

DOC: Add release notes page

docs/source/index.rst

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    hutch_setup
    yaml_files
    debug
+   releases
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

docs/source/releases.rst

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+Release History
+###############
+
+Next Release
+============
+
+Bugfixes
+---------
+- Show a correct error message when there is an ``ImportError`` in an
+  experiment file. This previously assumed the ``ImportError`` was from
+  a missing experiment file. (#126)
+- Prevent duplicate names in `tree_namespace` from breaking the tree.
+  Show a relevant warning message. (#128)
+
+v0.5.0 (2018-05-08)
+===================
+
+Bugfixes
+---------
+- fix issue where importing hutchname.db could break under certain conditions
+- fix issue where autocompleting a ``SimpleNamespace`` subclass would always
+  have an extra mro() method, even though this is a class method not shared
+  with instances.
+- add logs folder to the hutch-python directory creator
+
+API Changes
+-----------
+- `metadata_namespace` renamed to `tree_namespace`
+
+v0.4.0 (2018-04-23)
+===================
+
+Features
+--------
+- ``elog`` object and posting
+- load devices upstream from the hutch along the light path
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+- Allow posting bug reports to github from the control room machines through the proxy
+- Optimize the namespaces for faster loads and avoid a critical slowdown bug
+- Make hutch banner as early as possible to avoid errant log messages in front of the banner
+- Make cxi's banner red, as was intended
+- hutch template automatically picks the latest environment, instead of hard-coding it
+
+v0.3.0 (2018-04-06)
+===================
+
+Features
+--------
+- In-terminal bug reporting
+- Port of the old python presets system
+- Objects from the questionnaire are included in the experiment object
+- Experiment object is always included
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+- No longer create 1-item metadata objects
+- ``db.txt`` is created in all-write mode
+
+API Changes
+-----------
+- Daq platform map is no longer stored in the module, this now must be configured
+  through ``conf.yml`` for nonzero platforms.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+- ``qs.cfg`` renamed to ``web.cfg``, with backwards compatibility