Dcicpyvcf

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* Support Python 3.12.

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* Convert to poetry
* Use GitHub Actions workflows for testing versions, removing tox.
* Testing improvements and bug fixes to make pytest work.
* PEP8

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`PR 1: Convert 2 syntax to 3 (C4-801) <https://github.com/4dn-dcic/PyVCF/pull/1>`_

Version to be merged to ``master`` and released to PyPi as version ``2.0.0``
on October 4, 2023. Essentially unchanged since ``1.0.0.1b0`` except:

* The non-beta version reflects its successful use for a period of time.

* New major version reflects dropping of Python 2 support on branch ``master``,
but there is no other breaking change we know of.

* Added a ``CHANGELOG.rst`` file, which you are reading now.

* Changed the "classifiers" in ``setup.py`` to mention Python version 3.8
explicitly, dropping mention of earlier versions. In fact, it may work
with later versions. There's not yet a GitHub Action (GA) test
to confirm compliance anyway, so support here is fuzzy. We just believe
the change to remove need for ``2to3`` support will help with more modern
versions generally.

* Beefed up the ``.gitignore``

* Updated ``LICENSE`` (renaming to ``LICENSE.txt``)
in a form compatible with prior licenses that adds our own
copyright claims and clarifies the nature of the license as a standard
3-Clause BSD License.

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`PR 1: Convert 2 syntax to 3 (C4-801) <https://github.com/4dn-dcic/PyVCF/pull/1>`_

Beta version ``1.0.0.1b0`` released to PyPi on February 21, 2023 but not yet merged to branch ``master``.

* Applied ``2to3`` changes to version ``1.0.0``
so that it could run with higher than ``setuptools==57.5.0``
(and, more generally, more modern versions of Python).

* This version was used successfully in this beta form
in the production CGAP portal
as recently as ``cgap-portal==14.3.1``.

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* Version of May, 2020, forked from version ``0.6.8`` of
`James Casbon's PyVCF repository <https://github.com/jamescasbon/PyVCF>`_,
which, according to its license,
seems in turn seems to build on earlier work by
John Dougherty. We are grateful for these
open source contributions to build from.

This version is essentially unchanged from where
we forked it from other than
to adjust version numbers, repository name, and
maintainer information to suit our own needs.


Older Versions
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A record of older changes, before we forked, can be found in GitHub at
`James Casbon's PyVCF repository <https://github.com/jamescasbon/PyVCF/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed>`_.