admin: Stage 1.15.0.0-beta

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

Author: lgritz

CHANGES.md

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 <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 -->
 <!-- Copyright Contributors to the Open Shading Language Project. -->
 
-Release 1.15 (Dec ??, 2025) -- compared to 1.14
+Release 1.15 (Jan 1?, 2026) -- compared to 1.14
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-- Beta 1: Dec 8, 2025
+- Beta 1: Dec 20, 2025
 
 ### New minimum dependencies, toolchain, and compatibility changes:
 * *Python*: 3.9 minimum (from 3.7) [#2017](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/pull/2017) (1.15.0.0)
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ Release 1.15 (Dec ??, 2025) -- compared to 1.14
   - *testrender*: Fix uv derivatives for testrender [#1978] [#2037](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/pull/2037) (by Alexey Smolenchuk) (1.14.8.0, 1.15.0.0)
   - *testrender*: Default to identity for unknown testrender xforms [#2043](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/pull/2043) (by Chris Hellmuth) (1.14.8.0, 1.15.0.0)
 
-### 🚀  SIMD batched shading mode
-
-### 🚀  OptiX GPU rendering
-
 ### 🐛/🔧  Internals: fixes, improvements, and developer concerns
   - *perf*: Share Shading Context when optimizing/jitting a shader [#1952](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/pull/1952) (by Alex Wells) (1.15.0.0)
   - *fix*: Check for errors in ShadingSystem::ReParameter() [#1998](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/pull/1998) (by cmstein) (1.15.0.0)
@@ -73,8 +69,6 @@ Release 1.15 (Dec ??, 2025) -- compared to 1.14
 * Platform support:
     - *build(Mac)*: Fix various MacOS problems with GitHub and CMake [#1982](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/pull/1982) (1.15.0.0)
 
-### 📚  Documentation
-
 ### 🏢  Project Administration
   - *admin*: Set up new issue templates [#1981](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/pull/1981) (1.15.0.0)