24.7.0
* Update .authors.yml * Update .mailmap * Update news * Updated authorship for 24.7.0 * Updated CHANGELOG for 24.7.0 * Add first-time contributions * Remove MD link from RST file * Add initialize_root_logger for deprecation Forgot to mark `conda.gateways.logging.initialize_root_logger` as pending deprecation in #13735. * Reformat admonition to render properly --------- Co-authored-by: Ken Odegard <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Bianca Henderson <[email protected]>