Ready for 0.10.0 PyPI/GitHub release

[sbillinge]

Release checklist for GitHub contributors

I am not sure if the API doc workflow has been done on Regolith (@tinatn29 ?) but I would like to move this to its release. I merged a few more of the outstanding PRs that were hanging around since last summer, so with the cookiecutting done I think it is all ready for the next mediium bump. @tinatn29 please confirm, and when you are working again in the new year, please could you work on the checklist? @bobleesj , if there is any additional cookiecutting with the latest tweaks, please can you see what needs to be done?

• All PRs/issues attached to the release are merged.
• All the badges on the README are passing.
• License information is verified as correct. If you are unsure, please comment below.
• Locally rendered documentation contains all appropriate pages, including API references (check no modules are
  missing), tutorials, and other human written text is up-to-date with any changes in the code.
• Installation instructions in the README, documentation and on the website (e.g., diffpy.org) updated.
• Successfully run any tutorial examples or do functional testing with the latest Python version
• Grammar and writing quality have been checked (no typos).

These issues were harvested from the cookiecutting process. I paste them here for clarity and I have attached them to the release milestone.

• Existence of two GitHub pages - deploy API docs #1218

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5. Python 3.12 support

• Pytest sometimes passes, sometimes does not in Python 3.12 env #1204
• disutils package has become deprecated #927

6. Python 3.13 support

• Pytest fail due to no module named 'distutils' in Python 3.13 env #1202

7. Pytest, docs, tutorials, warnings

• project description.... #1067
• add a longer description to README.rst #1170
• Fix pytest warnings: exemplars not matching schemas #1208
• Fix pytest warnings: Data Validation extension / Unknown extension #1209
• Fix pytest 34 skipped  #1200

9. Conda-forge

• fix feedstock meta.yaml and setup.py #1053

Please mention @sbillinge when you are ready for release. Include any additional comments necessary, such as
version information and details about the pre-release here:

Post-release checklist

Before closing this issue, please complete the following:

• Run tutorial examples and conduct functional testing using the installation guide in the README.
• Documentation (README, tutorials, API references, and websites) is deployed without broken links or missing figures.

[bobleesj]

@bobleesj , if there is any additional cookiecutting with the latest tweaks, please can you see what needs to be done?

@sbillinge Yes, I will create issues with instructions across all of our maintained packages (I created an issue to make I do that - Billingegroup/scikit-package#223) and indicate which files to be updated, etc.