prep for 2.5.0rc1

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## [Unreleased]
 
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+### Changed
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+### Fixed
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+## [2.5.0rc1] - 2023-10-10
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 ### Added
 - Time zone in webAPI logging output.
 - Class `Scene` consisting of a background medium and structures for easier drafting and visualization of simulation setups as well as transferring such information between different simulations.
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 - Job and Batch classes for better simulation handling (eventually to fully replace webapi functions).
 - A large number of small improvements and bug fixes.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.4.2...develop
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.5.0rc1...pre/2.5
+[2.5.0rc1]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.4.2...v2.5.0rc1
 [2.4.2]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.4.1...v2.4.2
 [2.4.1]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.4.0...v2.4.1
 [2.4.0]: https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d/compare/v2.3.3...v2.4.0