Birdhouse-finch

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* Added support for Birdhouse Helper Bot (for bumping versions).
* CI Actions and Python dependencies are now pinned to commit hashes.
* Permissions have been set and restricted as needed for all workflows.
* Pinned `cf-xarray` below v0.9.3.
* Reformatted and renamed `CHANGES.rst` to `CHANGELOG.rst`.
* Dropped support for Python 3.8 and 3.9. The supported versions are now Python 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12.
* `black` has been updated to v2024.10.0, and coding conventions have been updated to Python3.10+.
* Several dependencies now are pinned to baseline versions, including `anyascii`, `dask`, `ipython`, `matplotlib`, `nbsphinx` `numpy`, and `sphinxcontrib-bibtex`.
* Added `xscen` dependency. Now used in spatial averaging of ensemble processes.
* Updated the build system to use `flit` v3.9.0 (PEP 517 and PEP 621). Several configuration files have been migrated to `pyproject.toml` and `.flake8`.
* `finch` now uses a src-based layout for the package. The `finch` package is now located in the `src` directory.
* The pre-commit configuration has been updated to use `pre-commit` v3.5.0. Several hooks have been added, including `pygrep-hooks` (security fixes), `ruff` (code formatting), and `vulture` (dead code).
* Documentation examples now build without warnings. ReadTheDocs is now configured to `fail_on_warning`.
* `xclim` has been updated to v0.52.2.
* Modernized the documentation to reflect recent changes.
* Added `pylint` to the linting checks and `pre-commit` steps.
* Added deployment workflows for PyPI and TestPyPI.
* Synchronized more dependencies.

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* Replaced `unidecode` with `anyascii` due to a licensing issue.
* Synchronized some dependencies across build systems.
* Added a workaround in ``wps_geoseries_to_netcdf`` to handle a `pandas` v2.0 behaviour change.

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* Renamed the installed package from `finch` to `birdhouse-finch`.
* First release of the `birdhouse-finch` package on PyPI.
* Versioning now adheres to SemVer v2.0.0.
* Added a Makefile recipe to the repository to evaluate notebooks while ignoring the output cells.
* Cleaned up documentation to facilitate easier navigation.
* Slightly reorganized the documentation for easier navigation.
* Fast-forwarded the cookiecutter.
* Fixed the ``Manifest.in`` to add all necessary files to wheel.
* Removed references to files that have never existed (`apidoc`).
* Cleaned up the setup code.
* Added more files to be ignored in the `.gitignore` and in the `Manifest.in`.

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* Fixed a bug that occurred when fixing a broken cftime-index with newer `cftime` versions.
* Placed pins on xarray and pandas to prevent future errors from changes to frequency codes.

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* Updated ReadTheDocs to use the new mambaforge version (`2022.9`).
* Addressed calls in GitHub Action usage that were emitting warnings.
* Updated `MANIFEST.in` to include and exclude the relevant files for the source distribution.
* Modified the `setup.py` to only include the files necessary in the wheel.
* Updated `AUTHORS.rst` to list more contributors.
* Removed namespace file (`__init__.py`) from tests to ensure that they aren't treated like an importable package.
* Updated pre-commit hooks.
* Sorted software requirements for legibility.
* Removed Travis-CI shell script.

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* Added a Docker-based testing suite to the GitHub Workflows.
* Added a wider range of Python versions to test against in the GitHub Workflows.
* Migrated conda-build action from mamba-org/provision-with-micromamba to mamba-org/setup-micromamba.
* Cleaned up the Dockerfile. Docker now pip-installs finch directly from the GitHub repository.
* Finch now explicitly supports Python3.11.
* Pinned Python below 3.12 on conda and removed pin on pint for ReadTheDocs builds.
* Added a GitHub Workflow to bump the version number and to create tags from the version bumping process on dispatch.
* Added a pre-commit hook for validating the ReadTheDocs configuration and GitHub Workflows.