3.1.0
 - feat: new contact point estimation method "fit_constant_polynomial"
   which applies a piece-wise constant and polynomial fit
 - feat: contact point estimation methods now return detailed
   information about the procedure (currently plottable data to
   understand the process)
 - fix: spatial smoothing not working in some cases (#15)
 - enh: add `steps_optional` in preprocessing to allow fine-grained
   control about order of application
 - ref: remove "...smoothed" column data (which was never used anyway);
   instead, apply smoothing directly to AFMData subclass
 - ref: rename `require_steps` to `steps_required` in preprocessing
   decorator
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.16.0 to 0.16.4
3.0.0
 - BREAKING CHANGE: The contact point estimation method "scheme_2020"
   has been removed, although it has been the default for some time.
   It turns out that it does not perform so well and there are other
   more stable methods (to be implemented). Furthermore, some of the
   contact point estimation methods were improved so that basically
   many tests had to be updated. This will not break your analysis,
   it just means your contact points will change.
 - feat: implement options for preprocessing methods
 - feat: the "correct_tip_offset" preprocessing method now
   accepts the "method" argument (see new poc submodule)
 - fix: contact point estimation with gradient-based method
   "poc_gradient_zero_crossing" did not really work
 - enh: improve contact point estimation with "fit_constant_line"
 - enh: speed-up contact point estimation with "deviation_from_baseline"
 - ref: CLI profiles now use JSON format by default
   (old format still supported)
 - ref: move contact point estimation to new 'poc' submodule
2.0.1
 - enh: implement 'require_steps' in preprocessing to make sure
   that steps are executed in the correct order
 - enh: add several helper functions for preprocessing
2.0.0
 - BREAKING CHANGE: segment in FitProperties is now an integer
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.15.0 to 0.16.0
 - docs: update doc strings for the "sneddon_spher_approx" model
 - docs: remove duplcate docs for model functions
1.7.8
 - ref: introduce preprocessing_step decorator for managing
   preprocessing steps
 - ref: explicitly request "force-distance" data from afmformats
   (can be lifted by ``setting nanite.read.DEFAULT_MODALITY`` to ``None``)
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.14.3 to 0.15.0 (initial support for
   loading creep-compliance data)
1.7.7
 - docs: fix build
1.7.6
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.14.1 to 0.14.3 (adjust tests, speed)
1.7.5
 - ref: migrate `QMap` and `Group` code to afmformats 0.14.1
 - ref: `Indentation` is now a subclass for `afmformats.AFMForceDistance`
 - ref: `QMap` is now a subclass for `afmformats.AFMQMap`
 - ref: `Group` is now a subclass for `afmformats.AFMGroup`
1.7.4
 - enh: allow passing metadata to the IndentationGroup initializer
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.10.2 to 0.13.2
 - ref: deprecate get_data_paths in favor of afmformats.find_data
1.7.3
 - build: move windows pipeline to GH Actions
 - ref: better warning traceback for deprecated weight_cp method
 - ref: DeprecationWarning: np.int from numpy 1.20
1.7.2
 - build: use oldest-supported-numpy in pyproject.toml
1.7.1
 - build: migrate to GitHub Actions
1.7.0
 - enh: simplified writing new model functions by introducing default
   modeling and residual wrappers
 - ref: improve code readability
1.6.3
 - tests: fix fails due to tifffile upgrade
 - setup: lift historic pinning of lmfit==0.9.5
1.6.2
 - tests: improve coverage
 - enh: add sanity checks for models during registration (#5)
1.6.1
 - enh: if the contact point estimate is not possible, use a fit
   with a partially constant and linear function
1.6.0
 - enh: improve contact point estimation by computing the gradient
   first; resolves issues with tilted baselines (#6)
   (This may affect fitting results slightly, hence the new minor
   release)
1.5.5
 - setup: make tkinter optional for frozen applications
1.5.4
 - setup: bump scikit-learn from 0.18.0 to 0.23.0 (different
   model results due to bugfixes, enhancements, or random
   sampling procedures; the tests have been updated accordingly)
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.10.0 to 0.10.2
1.5.3
 - setup: new builds for Python 3.8
1.5.2
 - enh: be more verbose when tip position cannot be computed
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.7.0 to 0.10.0
1.5.1
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.6.0 to 0.7.0 (metadata fixes)
1.5.0
 - feat: IndentationGroup.get_enum returns a curve from an enum value
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.5.0 to 0.6.0 (hdf5 export, improved tab
   export)
1.4.1
 - enh: set parameter `baseline` to "vary" for all models
 - fix: make sure that `model_key` is set before `params_initial`
   when fitting with kwargs (otherwise, `params_initial` might reset)
1.4.0
 - feat: add function `Indentation.get_rating_parameters`
 - feat: compute additional ancillary parameter "Maximum indentation"
 - feat: new functions `model.get_parm_unit` and updated
   `model.get_parm_name` to work with ancillary parameters as well
1.3.0
 - feat: allow to define ancillary parameters for models and use them
   during fitting by default
 - feat: `Indentation.get_initial_fit_parameters` now automatically
   computes common and model-related ancillary parameters if no
   initial parameters are present
 - enh: allow to set the `model_key` in more functions of `Indentation`
 - ref: use `idnt` to represent Indentation instances
 - fix: preprocessing steps not stored in `Indentation.preprocessing`
 - setup: bump afmformats from 0.4.1 to 0.5.0
1.2.4
 - enh: update boundaries and default values for model parameters
1.2.3
 - fix: FitProperties did not detect changes in "params_initial"
1.2.2
 - setup: bump afmformats version from 0.3.0 to 0.4.1
1.2.1
 - enh: skip computation of tip position if it is already in the
   dataset and cannot be computed e.g. due to missing spring constant
 - fix: typo in get_data_paths_enum
 - setup: bump afmformats version from 0.2.0 to 0.3.0
1.2.0
 - tests: np.asscalar is deprecated
 - ref: migrate to afmformats (#1)
 - docs: minor improvements
1.1.2
 - fix: add ``__version__`` property
 - tests: use time.perf_counter for timing tests
 - docs: improved LaTeX rendering
1.1.1
 - setup: migrate to PEP 517 (pyproject.toml)
 - docs: minor update
1.1.0
 - feat: add contact point to available features in qmap visualization
 - fix: avoid two invalid operations when computing features 
1.0.1
 - fix: invalid operation when loading data with a callback function
1.0.0
 - docs: minor update
0.9.3
 - enh: store nanite and h5py library versions in rating container
 - enh: update hyperparameters of rating regressors
 - ref: deprecation in h5py: replace dataset.value by dataset[...]
0.9.2
 - ref: renamed the mode `model_hertz_parabolic` to
   `model_hertz_paraboloidal` to be consistent
 - docs: updat code reference and other minor improvements
0.9.1
 - fix: `preprocessing` keyword not working in `Indentation.fit_model`
 - docs: add another scripting example and minor improvements
 - tests: increase coverage
0.9.0
 - ref: remove legacy "discrete" feature type
 - ref: renamed kwargs for `Indetation.rate_quality`
 - ref: new method `nanite.load_group` for loading experimental data
 - ref: new class read.data.IndentationData for managing data
 - ref: replace dataset.IndentationDataSet with group.IndentationGroup
   to avoid ambiguities
 - fix: add missing "zef18" training set
 - fix: sample weight computation failed when a rating level was missing
 - enh: add `nanite-generate-training-set` command line program
 - tests: reduce warnings and increase coverage
 - cleanup: old docs in nanite.rate.io
 - docs: major update using helper extensions
0.8.0
 - initial release
