Release v1.6.0 for PG16

[jrgemignani]

Apache AGE 1.6.0 for PostgreSQL 16 Release Notes

 Fix issue 2205: left doesn't catch overflow (#2207)
 Fix issue 2201: unexpected empty string behavior (#2203)
 Add support for operators in cypher query (#2172)
 Reimplement list comprehension (#2169)
 Update labeler.yml (#2186)
 Fix issue with the CI build and labeler (#2183)
 Fix CSV import for edge with one property (#2175)
 Remove stale bot and update .asf.yaml settings (#2171)
 Prevent object access hook from accesing not installed namespace (#2161)
 Fix CI build errors caused by missing dependencies (#2163)
 Add support for external extensions (#2088)
 Fix issue 2093: pfree() called with a NULL pointer (#2095)
 Fix issue 1955 - List comprehension in WHERE clause (#2094)
 Add support for fuzzystrmatch and other external extensions (#2083)
 Fix memory leaks in functions part 1 (#2066)
 Issue 1996 - Add agtype to json typecast (#2075)
 Fix issue 2046: Memory leak during btree(agtype) (#2060)
 Refactor Dockerfile to use multi-stage builds (#2004)
 Revamp age csv loader (#2044)
 Fix issue 2020: Memory leak (#2028)
 Fix Issue 1907: SET on MERGE not storing edge properties (#2019)
 Add EmitWarningsOnPlaceholders("age") (#1997)
 Fix Issue 1988: How to update a property which is a keyword (#2005)
 Fix obsolete docker-compose command in CIs (#2007)
 Fix issue 1986: Failure creating label name close to MAX_LABEL_NAME_LEN (#1989)
 Fix issue 1953 - PG Boolean used as AGTYPE object (#1959)
 Add graph_exists function (#1958)
 Fix issue 1956 - null key name passed. (#1957)
 docs: add link to .NET open-source driver (#1938)
 Add the `load_from_plugins` parameter in the Python driver to load AGE from the $libdir/plugins directory (#1935)
 Fix issue 1910: Server crashes when using exists(vle path) (#1924)
 Converted single line comments to multiline (#1908)
 Add function is_valid_label_name (#1911) (#1912)
 Fixes small typos in the python driver's README.md file (#1909)
 Fix agtype_build_map to allow more than 50 pairs (#1901)
 Agtype hash cmp (#1893)
 Order some regression tests for stability on big-endian (#1892)
 Update github stale action (#1891)
 Make CALL YIELD grammar more precise (#1852)
 Fix issue 1878 - Regression test failure with delete global graphs (#1881)
 Corrected typos and grammatical errors in apache-age-basic.ipynb (#879)
 Add workflow for stale issues and PRs (#1872)
 Implement Returnless Unions in Subqueries (#1803)
 [CI] Update docker image tags (#1865)
 Add branch protection rules in .asf.yaml (#1854)
 [CI] Update labeler github action (#1851)
 Fix error using list comprehension with WITH * (#1838)
 python driver psycopg3 (#1793)
 Minor VLE and agtype_eq/ne performance updates (#1808)
 Fix issue 1767: CREATE TABLE AS SELECT * FROM cypher, errors (#1799)
 Implement Constraints on Subqueries (#1751)
 Fix connection string in Python Driver (#1757)
 Added integer conversion in toBoolean functions (#1199)
 Update README.md (#1756)
 Add the command graph_stats and improve VLE messaging for load (#1750)
 Add helpful messages to the VLE subsystem (#1742)
 Update README.md (#1728)
 Added Networkx Support in python driver (#1716)
 Remove duplicate check (#1740)
 Fix Issue 1709 - MERGE creates incomplete vertices after the first one (#1721)
 Fix shift/reduce conflict in grammar (#1719)
 Fix Issue 1691 - MERGE incorrectly creates multiple vertices (#1718)
 Implement map projection (#1710)
 Add hooks for multi-arch builds on dockerhub (#1683)
 Sample code for AGE-JDBC driver (#390)
 Allow agtype_build_map to use AGTYPE keys (#1666)
 Implement EXISTS Subquery      (#1562)
 Fix Issue 1634: Setting all properties with map object causes error (#1637)
 Fix Issue 1630: MERGE using array not working in some cases (#1636)
 Implement list comprehension (#1610)
 Update Go installation and add in parser files (#1582)
 Add optional parameter '=' in property constraints (#1516)
 Fix unsorted output of some queries in the cypher_match test (#1507)
 Update age_load to make property value conversion optional (#1525)
 Update the Go driver documentation, Linux installer, and CI (#1527)
 Fix json serialization error in Python Driver (#1228)
 Add template for upgrading between versions of Apache AGE (#1506)
 Update age_load to load scalar property values with appropriate type (#1519)
 Fix apache#1513 - Invalid variable reuse in CREATE and MERGE clause (#1515)
 Clean up #included files in src/include directories (#1518)
 Bump gopkg.in/yaml.v3 in /drivers/golang (#1202)
 Clean up #included files in catalog & commands directories (#1514)
 Clean up #included files in nodes, executor, & optimizer directories (#1509)
 Correct cleanup of age--x.x.x.sql files (#1505)

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