From 571bf11679b6a7aad2f1947a74e6eebb8b09dba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:29:31 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] updated version for creating release

---
 metplus/VERSION | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/metplus/VERSION b/metplus/VERSION
index 008caf3049..044cf6badb 100644
--- a/metplus/VERSION
+++ b/metplus/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.0-beta4-dev
+5.0.0-beta4

From f0642e9a4169f29dad5d09037dda42664b0fded0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:29:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] added release notes for beta release

---
 docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
index d85d9fef80..ad32318ecb 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,59 @@ When applicable, release notes are followed by the `GitHub issue <https://github
 describes the bugfix, enhancement, or new feature.
 
 
+METplus Version 5.0.0 Beta 4 Release Notes (2022-10-26)
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. warning:: **MAJOR CHANGES**:
+
+  * The LOOP_ORDER config variable was removed. The variable set in a user's
+    config file will be ignored in favor of executing the logic that
+    corresponds to *LOOP_ORDER = processes*, where all times are processed for
+    the first item in the PROCESS_LIST, then all times are processed for the
+    second item in the PROCESS_LIST, etc. This may change the order that
+    commands are executed in a use case, but it should not change the results.
+
+
+* Enhancements:
+
+  * Remove LOOP_ORDER config variable (`#1687 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1687>`_)
+
+  * Add unique identifier for each METplus run to configuration (`#1829 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1829>`_)
+
+  * StatAnalysis - Support setting multiple jobs (`#1842 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1842>`_)
+
+  * StatAnalysis - Set MET verbosity (`#1772 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1772>`_)
+
+  * StatAnalysis - Support using both init/valid variables in string substitution (`#1861 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1861>`_)
+
+  * StatAnalysis - Allow filename template tags in jobs (`#1862 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1862>`_)
+
+  * StatAnalysis - Support looping over groups of list items (`#1870 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1870>`_)
+
+  * StatAnalysis - Allow processing of time ranges other than daily (`#1871 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1871>`_)
+
+  * StatAnalysis - Add support for using a custom loop list (`#1893 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1893>`_)
+
+  * Remove MakePlots wrapper (`#1843 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1843>`_)
+
+* Bugfixes:
+
+  * PCPCombine - custom loop list does not work for subtract method (`#1884 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1884>`_)
+
+* New Wrappers:
+
+* New Use Cases:
+
+  * Probability of Exceedence for 85th percentile temperatures (`#1808 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1808>`_)
+
+* Documentation:
+
+* Internal:
+
+  * Fix GitHub Actions warnings - update the version of actions and replace set-output (`#1863 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1863>`_)
+
+  * Update diff logic to handle CSV files that have rounding differences (`#1865 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1865>`_)
+
 METplus Version 5.0.0 Beta 3 Release Notes (2022-09-21)
 -------------------------------------------------------
 

From 4a56b4f1c73e91dd9c3f481d06b19a839867194a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:34:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] per #1896, added 2 recently completed issues to release
 notes

---
 docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
index ad32318ecb..9d1e4b8e65 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ METplus Version 5.0.0 Beta 4 Release Notes (2022-10-26)
 
   * Probability of Exceedence for 85th percentile temperatures (`#1808 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1808>`_)
 
+  * FV3 Physics Tendency plotting via METplotpy (`#1852 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1852>`_)
+
 * Documentation:
 
 * Internal:
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ METplus Version 5.0.0 Beta 4 Release Notes (2022-10-26)
 
   * Update diff logic to handle CSV files that have rounding differences (`#1865 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1865>`_)
 
+  * Add unit tests for expected failure (`dtcenter/METplus-Internal#24 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus-Internal/issues/24>`_)
+
 METplus Version 5.0.0 Beta 3 Release Notes (2022-09-21)
 -------------------------------------------------------
 

From cfdfded276b963afb73012879a069db72e9ffa83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:36:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] add None to signify that there are no notes for a given
 category

---
 docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
index 9d1e4b8e65..d3d398b86b 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ METplus Version 5.0.0 Beta 4 Release Notes (2022-10-26)
 
   * PCPCombine - custom loop list does not work for subtract method (`#1884 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1884>`_)
 
-* New Wrappers:
+* New Wrappers: None
 
 * New Use Cases:
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ METplus Version 5.0.0 Beta 4 Release Notes (2022-10-26)
 
   * FV3 Physics Tendency plotting via METplotpy (`#1852 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1852>`_)
 
-* Documentation:
+* Documentation: None
 
 * Internal:
 
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ METplus Version 5.0.0 Beta 3 Release Notes (2022-09-21)
   * MJO-ENSO diagnostics (`#1330 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1330>`_)
 
 
-* Documentation:
-
+* Documentation: None
 
 * Internal: