chore: Add instructions back to README.rst and revert history of CHANGELOG.rst

Author: stevenhua0320

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -3,3 +3,71 @@ Release notes
 =============
 
 .. current developments
+
+1.5.1
+=====
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed `SystemError` and `MemoryError` for `redirect_stdout` on Windows with Python 3.13.
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Removed `restore_stdout` function and wrapper.
+
+
+1.5.0
+=====
+
+**Added:**
+
+* Python 3.11, 3.12 support
+* Option to skip printing of introductory information when initializing the `PdfFit` class.
+* Added additional runtime linker flags in `CustomBuildExt.run` to embed the `RPATH` flags for the built extensions.
+* Support for retrieving GSL configuration from `CONDA_PREFIX`/ `GSL_PATH` on all platforms.
+* Separate installation instruction for macOS (Arm64) in READEM
+* Added `restore_stdout` function and wrapper.
+* Added Python 3.13 support.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Changed setup.py to lazy evaluate gsl installation.
+* Documentation brought up to date
+* Merged the GSL configuration logic in `setup.py`.
+* Changed `pytest` `capture_output` fixture. Now automatically restores `sys.stdout`.
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* remove older conda-recipe files
+* moved the tests directory from src to the root using conftest.py.
+* fixed a circular import bug during " pip install ." in GitHub CI.
+* renamed .py files under tests to snake_case.
+* add PyPI packages under pip.txt
+* re-cookiecutter to group's package standard
+* Fix missing `__date__`, use PyPI release date.
+* Fixed `SystemError` when running `pytest` on Windows with Python 3.13.
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Python <= 3.10 support
+* Six dependency and py2 support
+
+
+1.4.2
+=====
+
+**Added:**
+
+* Support for Python 3.11, 3.12
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* No notable functional changes from 1.4.1
+
+1.4.4rc0
+========
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Code linted to group flake8 standards
+* Package structure moved to diffpy standard structure

README.rst

@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ If you use diffpy.pdffit2 in a scientific publication, we would like you to cite
 Installation
 ------------
 
+diffpy.pdffit2 supports Python 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13.
+
+Windows, macOS (non-Arm64), Linux
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 The preferred method is to use `Miniconda Python
 <https://docs.conda.io/projects/miniconda/en/latest/miniconda-install.html>`_
 and install from the "conda-forge" channel of Conda packages.
@@ -93,7 +98,16 @@ The following creates and activates a new environment named ``diffpy.pdffit2_env
         conda create -n diffpy.pdffit2_env diffpy.pdffit2
         conda activate diffpy.pdffit2_env
 
-The output should print the latest version displayed on the badges above.
+To confirm that the installation was successful, type ::
+
+        python -c "import diffpy.pdffit2; print(diffpy.pdffit2.__version__)"
+
+macOS (Arm64)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Create a new conda environment ``diffpy.pdffit2_env``: ::
+
+        conda create -n diffpy.pdffit2_env python=3.13
 
 If the above does not work, you can use ``pip`` to download and install the latest release from
 `Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org>`_.
@@ -107,19 +121,12 @@ and run the following ::
 
         pip install .
 
-This package also provides command-line utilities. To check the software has been installed correctly, type ::
-
-        diffpy.pdffit2 --version
 
-You can also type the following command to verify the installation. ::
+You can type the following command to verify the installation is successful. ::
 
         python -c "import diffpy.pdffit2; print(diffpy.pdffit2.__version__)"
 
 
-To view the basic usage and available commands, type ::
-
-        diffpy.pdffit2 -h
-
 Getting Started
 ---------------