Merge pull request JuliaLang#42188 from JuliaLang/kc/1.7-rc1

release-1.7: set VERSION to 1.7.0-rc1

[release-1.7] Bump the SuiteSparse stdlib from ec4b40a to b2d965a (Ju…

…liaLang#41982)

Set VERSION to 1.6.2 (JuliaLang#41577)

Set VERSION to 1.7.0-beta3 (JuliaLang#41487)

Set VERSION to 1.7.0-beta2 (JuliaLang#41274)

Set VERSION to 1.7.0-beta1 (JuliaLang#41151)

Set VERSION to 1.6.1 (JuliaLang#40507)

release-1.6: set VERSION to 1.6.0 (JuliaLang#40162)

 release-1.6: set VERSION to 1.6-rc3 (JuliaLang#40060)

release-1.6: set VERSION to 1.6-rc2 (JuliaLang#39977)