Merge branch 'release/0.5.0a0' into develop

Author: acmacunlay

CHANGELOG.md

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 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
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+## [0.5.0a0] - 2024-10-07
+
+### Added
+
+- `CHANGELOG.md`
+- `.gitignore`
+- [WIP] refactor SIM868 controller
+- [WIP] unit tests
+- implemented GitHub Action for automated CI workflow
+- implemented linting using `ruff`
+- implemented static type checking using `mypy`
+- implemented unit testing using `pytest`
+
+### Changed
+
+- added copyright notice in `LICENSE` for the scope of this fork
+- converted `setup.py` to `pyproject.toml` for PEP-517/518 compliance
+- converted project structure to `src` layout
+- moved forked implementation of the controller to `pywaveshare.boards.sim868`
+- made minor changes in `README.md`
+
+### Removed
+
+- `setup.cfg`