Release v0.8.5

[hpesonen]

0.8.5 (2023-03-07)

• Fix the option to continue inference in model-based inference
• Move classifiers
• Fix readthedocs configuration
• Update penalty to shrinkage parameter conversion in synthetic likelihood calculation
• Update BSL pre sample methods
• Update BslSample
• Move ROMC tests
• Update to numpy 1.24
• Update readthedocs configuration
• Restrict numpy < 1.24 until codebase has been updated
• Update documentation-related files: docs, conf.py and requirements-dev.txt
• Update PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
• Drop tests for py36 and add tests for py39 and py310
• Fix couple of minor bugs in ar1-model
• Update parent class in BOLFIRE
• Fix semiparametric synthetic likelihood with glasso/warton and add tests
• Fix plot marginals and remove plot summaries
• Fix stochastic volatility example
• Improve batch simulations in toad example
• Remove synthetic likelihood node and update BSL data collection
• Fix M/G/1 example
• Fix scratch assay example
• Add scratch assay example
• Add GP classifier for ratio estimation
• Fix multidimensional indexing in daycare example
• Add BSL method

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