prep 2.0.2

add the bugfix release to whatsnew

add pre-commented forward

prep 1.10.8

Merge branch 'master' into 2.0-branch

prep 1.10.7

only test 3.4 on ubuntu 18.04 x64

update cookiecutter references to 2.0-branch

prep 2.0a0

Merge pull request #3630 from mmerickel/1.10-branch-gh-actions

setup github actions on 1.10-branch