release 0.9.0 (release candidate 3)

Pre-release for the new 0.9.0

• new features (dihedral ensemble analysis workflow)
• dropping support for old Python versions (sorry, too difficult to maintain and keep up with the Python eco system)
• GROMACS 4.6.5 to 2024.3 tested

What's Changed

• change Python support to 3.10 - 3.12 by @orbeckst in #290
• auto-deploy GHA workflow by @orbeckst in #292
• changed dihedral atom group selection strings in test_dihedral.py by @cadeduckworth in #218
• CI updates by @orbeckst in #220
• Update em_charmm.mdp by @VOD555 in #210
• use new micro mamba action by @orbeckst in #221
• developing back end run methods by @cadeduckworth in #216
• Support toluene solvent by @VOD555 in #224
• Support cgenff toluene by @VOD555 in #228
• Fix setup and support toluene in mdpow-solvationenergy by @VOD555 in #230
• Use AutoMBAR instead of MBAR by @VOD555 in #234
• Automated Dihedral Analysis by @cadeduckworth in #217
• Periodic Angle Padding by @cadeduckworth in #242
• Workflows Base Module by @cadeduckworth in #229
• update banner logging by @orbeckst in #247
• Update statistical inefficiency calculation with statistical_inefficiency in alchemlyb 2.1.0 by @VOD555 in #250
• drop python 3.7 and testing improvements by @orbeckst in #249
• test on GROMACS 2022 and 2023 by @orbeckst in #255
• use relative imports inside MDPOW by @orbeckst in #257
• update to mamba-org/setup-micromamba by @orbeckst in #258
• Dihedral Plots: RDKit Mol Object by @cadeduckworth in #243
• Review all kwargs and consistency in top-level function calls by @cadeduckworth in #263
• initialize guess_atoms function PR by @cadeduckworth in #264
• Black formatting by @a-ws-m in #269
• remove logger for SI in mdpow.fep by @VOD555 in #276
• Use OOP forcefields by @a-ws-m in #267
• replace scipy.integrate.simps with simpson by @orbeckst in #282
• update versioneer by @orbeckst in #287
• Update .readthedocs.yaml by @orbeckst in #284

New Contributors

• @a-ws-m made their first contribution in #269

Full Changelog: release-0.8.0...release-0.9.0rc3