New features and bugfixes release for second beta

• Release notes
• CHANGELOG
• Increase version in setup.cfg
• PyPI package
• Sphinx docs

assigned to @rodrigo.mejia

created branch 341-new-features-and-bugfixes-release-for-second-beta to address this issue

mentioned in merge request !263 (merged)

mentioned in commit 85514cf7

closed with merge request !263 (merged)