Stage for v3.0.0.0-beta1

Signed-off-by: Larry Gritz <[email protected]>

Author: lgritz

CHANGES.md

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-Release 3.0 (beta 1 - Oct 14, 2024) -- compared to 2.5.16.0
+Release 3.0 (beta 1 - Oct 15, 2024) -- compared to 2.5.16.0
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 Executive Summary / Highlights:
 
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   --ocionamedtransform, --popbottom, --stackreverse, --stackclear,
   --stackextract; improved --for behavior for reverse direction.
 - Lots of long-deprecated API calls have been removed entirely.
+  Please see [the detailed deprecation list](docs/Deprecations-3.0.md).
 - New ImageBufAlgo: perpixel_op, demosaic, ocionamedtransform.
 - ImageBuf now by default does not use ImageCache to mediate file images,
   unless you explicitly ask for it.