v0.13.0

• Added support for Birdhouse Helper Bot (for bumping versions).
• CI Actions and Python dependencies are now pinned to commit hashes.
• Permissions have been set and restricted as needed for all workflows.
• Pinned cf-xarray below v0.9.3.
• Reformatted and renamed CHANGES.rst to CHANGELOG.rst.
• Dropped support for Python 3.8 and 3.9. The supported versions are now Python 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12.
• black has been updated to v2024.10.0, and coding conventions have been updated to Python3.10+.
• Several dependencies now are pinned to baseline versions, including anyascii, dask, ipython, matplotlib, nbsphinx numpy, and sphinxcontrib-bibtex.
• Added xscen dependency. Now used in spatial averaging of ensemble processes.
• Updated the build system to use flit v3.9.0 (PEP 517 and PEP 621). Several configuration files have been migrated to pyproject.toml and .flake8.
• finch now uses a src-based layout for the package. The finch package is now located in the src directory.
• The pre-commit configuration has been updated to use pre-commit v3.5.0. Several hooks have been added, including pygrep-hooks (security fixes), ruff (code formatting), and vulture (dead code).
• Documentation examples now build without warnings. ReadTheDocs is now configured to fail_on_warning.
• xclim has been updated to v0.52.2.
• Modernized the documentation to reflect recent changes.
• Added pylint to the linting checks and pre-commit steps.
• Added deployment workflows for PyPI and TestPyPI.
• Synchronized more dependencies.