Prepare the 2.16.0.dev5 release. (#17998)

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ Created by running `./pants run build-support/bin/contributors.py`.
 + Joshua Cohen
 + Joshua Humphries
 + Justin Trobec
++ KadenAgrey
 + Karin Lundberg
 + Kaushik Srenevasan
 + Ken Howard
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ Created by running `./pants run build-support/bin/contributors.py`.
 + Luc Cary
 + Luca Clementi
 + Lukasz Jastrzebski
++ Mahesh Vashishtha
 + Marc Abramowitz
 + Marcelo Trylesinski
 + Marcin Podolski
@@ -280,6 +282,7 @@ Created by running `./pants run build-support/bin/contributors.py`.
 + billybecker
 + eugene yokota
 + hephex
++ philipp-sontag-by
 + twunderlich-grapl
 + wimax-grapl
 + Ólafur Páll Geirsson

src/python/pants/VERSION

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-2.16.0.dev4
+2.16.0.dev5

src/python/pants/notes/2.16.x.md

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 # 2.16.x Release Series
 
+## 2.16.0.dev5 (Jan 16, 2023)
+
+### New Features
+
+* New `env()` BUILD file function. ([#17652](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17652))
+
+* Support REPL command history. ([#17959](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17959))
+
+* Resolve Python dep inference ambiguity via locality. ([#17931](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17931))
+
+* Add targets to re-wrap source files in different `SourcesField` types. ([#17877](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17877))
+
+* Allow plugins to add custom schema/authority URL handler rules ([#17898](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17898))
+
+* Support freezing command line args and env vars into pex binaries. ([#17905](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17905))
+
+* Support catching `@rule` errors ([#17911](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17911))
+
+### User API Changes
+
+* Ugrade Pex to 2.1.120 ([#17957](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17957))
+
+* Adds `workdir` field for `experimental_shell_command` and friends ([#17928](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17928))
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Let pyright see dependencies in other source roots. ([#18014](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18014))
+
+* go: gather and link transitive prebuilt object files for cgo mode ([#17971](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17971))
+
+* add skip_pyright field to python test targets ([#17960](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17960))
+
+* Allow `experimental_shell_command`/`experimental_run_in_sandbox` to specify `output_`s from anywhere under the buildroot ([#17938](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17938))
+
+* Do not load the BUILD file prelude (macros) in the bootstrap scheduler. ([#17939](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17939))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* WSL disclaimer in Getting Started/Prerequisites ([#18000](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18000))
+
+* Add Daniel Goldman and Darcy Shen to team page ([#17921](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17921))
+
+* Clarify runtime vs. complete_platforms for serverless. ([#18001](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18001))
+
+* docs: add tutorial to get started writing plugins: No 2 ([#17890](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17890))
+
+* docs: generate a JSON schema file to be used in IDEs when editing pants.toml ([#17915](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17915))
+
+* docs: fix markdown inline code typo in a docstring ([#18002](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18002))
+
+* fix type in `check` help output ([#17969](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17969))
+
+* Document how to update the pants script. ([#17976](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17976))
+
+* Add Kaiko to "who uses Pants" page. ([#17949](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17949))
+
+* docs: provide a link to Google Cloud Function in the backend docstring ([#17948](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17948))
+
+* docs: add info about beta stage support of protobuf for Scala and Java ([#17935](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17935))
+
+* docs: add the first tutorial on writing plugins to readme docs directory ([#17930](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17930))
+
+* docs: reformat the kotlin docs to have better line breaks on readme.com ([#17929](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17929))
+
+* Update and reorganize resource hub ([#17922](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17922))
+
+* Add Payhere to user list. ([#17917](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17917))
+
+* Nudge more technical support toward GH Discussions ([#17906](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17906))
+
+* go: update docs to remove caveats about implemented features ([#17913](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17913))
+
 ## 2.16.0.dev4 (Dec 30, 2022)
 
 ### New Features