Release v2.0.0 of PyCBC

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This is the v2.0.0 release of PyCBC.

This release increments the major release number of PyCBC to be the first of the v2.X.Y releases. Major changes here include the removal of support for python2, the transition to the v5 release of the pegasus workflow generator tools and the move of the docker image to linux el8 from el7. This release also includes incremental updates in many other parts of PyCBC.

A Docker container for this release is available from the pycbc/pycbc-el8 repository on Docker Hub and can be downloaded using the command:

docker pull pycbc/pycbc-el8:v2.0.0

On a machine with CVMFS installed, a pre-built virtual environment is available for Red Hat 8 compatible operating systems by running the command:

source /cvmfs/oasis.opensciencegrid.org/ligo/sw/pycbc/x86_64_rhel_8/virtualenv/pycbc-v2.0.0/bin/activate

A singularity container is available at /cvmfs/singularity.opensciencegrid.org/pycbc/pycbc-el8:v2.0.0 which can be started with the command:

singularity shell --home  ${HOME}:/srv --pwd /srv --bind /cvmfs --contain --ipc --pid /cvmfs/singularity.opensciencegrid.org/pycbc/pycbc-el8:v2.0.0

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