0.2.6 release

Merge pull request #469 from kbase/develop

Release 0.2.5: SAM-119, SAM-209, SAM-236

Merge pull request #454 from kbase/develop

Merge Develop into Master (pre 0.2.4)

Develop -> Master (#444)

* Create pythonapp.yml

* Update pythonapp.yml

* Temporarily removing the pytest portion.

* Testing release-triggered semver for rc from develop

* Adding execute bit to develop_rc_release.sh

* Testing full release-triggered semver

* Testing full release-triggered semver

* Testing full release-triggered semver

* Testing full release-triggered semver

* Testing full release-triggered semver

* Testing full release-triggered semver

* Testing full release-triggered semver

* Testing branch check restrictions

* Testing branch build restrictions

* Testing branch build restrictions

* Testing branch build restrictions

* Testing branch build restrictions

* Testing branch build restrictions

* Testing branch build restrictions

* Removing redundant CodeQL checks, so we can enable 'all rules must pass' prior to merge.

* Moving branch check to separate step.

* Testing tag envs

* Testing tag envs

* Testing tag envs

* Adding semver check in prod_release workflow

* Adding semver check in prod_release workflow

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Adding final semver check to prod release workflow

* Update prod_release.sh

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.sh

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update prod_release.yaml

* Update README.md

* Adding `latest-pr` post merge tag for main branch

* Deleting `pythonapp.yml`

Deleting `pythonapp.yml` as it's not part of this PR

Co-authored-by: Jason S Fillman <6155956+jsfillman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jason S Fillman <github@jasonfillman.com>

Merge pull request #422 from kbase/dependabot/pip/ipython-7.31.1

Bump ipython from 7.31.0 to 7.31.1

Merge pull request #427 from kbase/batch_linked_data

SAM-151: Create a batch call for get_data_links_from_sample

Bump Kafka version.