Prepare the 2.16.0.dev6 release. (pantsbuild#18119)

CONTRIBUTORS.md

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 + Bardur Arantsson
 + Bastian Wegge
 + Benjy Weinberger
++ Berkay Öztürk
 + Bill Farner
 + Billy "Hyun Joon" Seol
 + Borja Lorente
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ Created by running `./pants run build-support/bin/contributors.py`.
 + Tim Treptow
 + Timur Abishev
 + Tina Huang
++ Tobias Nilsson
 + Todd Stumpf
 + Tom Dimiduk
 + Tom Dyas
@@ -269,6 +271,7 @@ Created by running `./pants run build-support/bin/contributors.py`.
 + Troy Howard
 + Tushar Singh
 + Ugo Di Girolamo
++ Viktor Kleen
 + Walter Scheper
 + Wei An
 + Wilhelmina Drengwitz

src/python/pants/VERSION

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-2.16.0.dev5
+2.16.0.dev6

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

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 # 2.16.x Release Series
 
+
+## 2.16.0.dev6 (Jan 29, 2023)
+
+### New Features
+
+* go: add `environment` field to `go_binary` ([#18113](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18113))
+
+* Add experimental backend for ruff with lint and fmt goals ([#17945](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17945))
+
+* Add support for `fmt` cue files. ([#18106](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18106))
+
+* Add new experimental backend for CUE with initial support for the `lint` goal. ([#17943](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17943))
+
+* Add yamllint as a lint tool for YAML sources ([#17821](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17821))
+
+* lint: add pydocstyle python backend ([#17596](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17596))
+
+### User API Changes
+
+* Upgrade Pex to 2.1.121. ([#18037](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18037))
+
+### Plugin API Changes
+
+* Make the python dep inference script extensible. ([#17997](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17997))
+
+* Remove some dead code from `lockfile.py` ([#18041](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18041))
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Inject a path-safe target spec into `experimental_shell_command` etc processes ([#18092](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18092))
+
+* docker: Allow overriding FROM args when determining upstream image dependencies ([#18009](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18009))
+
+* Make mypy cache per-repo ([#18043](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18043))
+
+* Fix caching of PATH lookups in remote execution ([#18026](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18026))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* docs: make tutorials to get started writing plugins visible on readme pages ([#18083](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18083))
+
+* Document new pants launcher binary, aka scie-pants. ([#18056](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18056))
+
+* Front matter for new tutorial pages. ([#18074](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18074))
+
+* Cosmetic fix for current value information in help output for pass-through arguments. ([#18051](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18051))
+
+* docs: add pydocstyle to the docs and help reference ([#18033](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18033))
+
+* docs: add tutorial to get started writing plugins: No 3 ([#18018](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/18018))
+
 ## 2.16.0.dev5 (Jan 16, 2023)
 
 ### New Features