- Forks a new project from
[roconfiguration](https://github.com/Neoteroi/roconfiguration), with name
`essentials-configuration`
- Implements a new code API that better supports extensions
- Makes `PyYAML` an optional dependency, necessary only if the user desires to
use YAML files
- Applies `isort` and enforces `isort` and `black` checks in CI pipeline