add whatsnew update

cdeline · cdeline · commit 90a66503bf89 · 2026-01-15T13:54:33.000-07:00
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ What's New
 
 These are new features and improvements of note in each release.
 
+.. include:: whatsnew/pending.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v0.5.0.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v0.4.4.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v0.4.3.rst
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/pending.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/pending.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.. _whatsnew_051:
+
+v0.5.1 (X, X, 2026)
+------------------------
+Bugfix release
+
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+* Better error checking for installed pySMARTS module and empty weather files, and subhourly .epw files (:pull:`586`)
+
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Silvana Ovaitt (:ghuser:`shirubana`)
+* Chris Deline (:ghuser:`cdeline`)
