Release v1.6.0rc0

What's Changed

• Mark xfails on flaky and unavailable tests by @vinnamkim in #1141
• Remove deprecates announced to be removed in 1.5.0 by @vinnamkim in #1140
• Update auto issue assignees by @vinnamkim in #1137
• Raise VcsAlreadyExists error if vcs directory exists by @vinnamkim in #1138
• Add SAMBboxToInstanceMask transform by @vinnamkim in #1133
• Add notebook example for SAMBboxToInstanceMask transform by @vinnamkim in #1134
• Update CI report format to csv by @chuneuny-emily in #1144
• Add ConfigurableValidator by @wonjuleee in #1142
• Adjust pr-check on condition by @yunchu in #1146
• Infra/mergeback 1.5.0 by @yunchu in #1152
• Bump version string by @yunchu in #1156
• Modify coco to export annotations without media by @jihyeonyi in #1158
• fix github link in docs by @smidm in #1159
• Fix broken YOLO ultralytics links by @daniilpastukhov in #1161
• Upgrade openvino to 2023.1 by @yunchu in #1167

New Contributors

• @smidm made their first contribution in #1159
• @daniilpastukhov made their first contribution in #1161

Full Changelog: v1.5.0rc0...v1.6.0rc0