Sciapy

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New

- `pip` package available from <pypi.org>: <https://pypi.org/project/sciapy/>

Changes

- Regression proxy model interface and tests moved to its own package
`regressproxy` <https://regressproxy.readthedocs.io>
- Fixes `numpy` v1.23 compatibility by using `.item()` instead of `np.asscalar()`

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New

- CI support for Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10

Changes

- Fixed and updated tests to increase code coverage
- Updated AE index and Lyman-alpha data files
- Updated docs
- Uses Github actions for CI and CD
- Removed Python 3.4 from CI setup, support status unclear
- Code style is more `black`-like now

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New

- Documentation on `readthedocs` <https://sciapy.readthedocs.io>
with example notebooks
- Extensive MCMC sampler statistics

Changes

- The local MSIS module has been extracted to its own package
called `pynrlmsise00` <https://github.com/st-bender/pynrlmsise00>
- Increased test coverage

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New

- Enables the proxies to be scaled by cos(SZA)
- Enables the data to be split into (optionally randomized) training and test sets
- Continuous integration with https://travis-ci.org on https://travis-ci.org/st-bender/sciapy
- Includes tests, far from complete yet
- Installing with `pip`

Other changes

- Code clean up and resource handling

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First official alpha release.