[MRG] Release 0.8.1

[rflamary]

Types of changes

This is the release 0.8.1 PR

Motivation and context / Related issue

How has this been tested (if it applies)

PR checklist

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• The documentation is up-to-date with the changes I made (check build artifacts).
• All tests passed, and additional code has been covered with new tests.
• I have added the PR and Issue fix to the RELEASES.md file.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #325 (ea5714b) into master (de5abac) will decrease coverage by 0.03%.
The diff coverage is 100.00%.

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##           master     #325      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   93.07%   93.03%   -0.04%     
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  Files          21       21              
  Lines        5198     5198              
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- Hits         4838     4836       -2     
- Misses        360      362       +2