Merge pull request #297 from byuccl/dev-v1

Release v1.0.0

README.md

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 For the full documentation, see the [TechReport](docs/TechReport/TechReport.pdf).
 
-**NOTE**: The current release of RS2 is an alpha release. Significant changes to the code are still being made, and so expect frequent code updates. RS2 and its functionality is still being tested, so please report any bugs you find. Designs must be fully flattened in Vivado using the synthesis option "flatten_design -full" before they can be imported into RapidSmith. 
+**NOTE**: RS2 and its functionality is still being tested, so please report any bugs you find. Designs must be fully flattened in Vivado using the synthesis option "flatten_design -full" before they can be imported into RapidSmith. 

ReleaseNotes.md

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+## Release v1.0.0
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+This is the first GA (General Availability) release of RapidSmith2 and the API can now be considered stable. 
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+RapidSmith2 was primarily developed by Travis Haroldsen and Thomas Townsend. The initial public release of RapidSmith2 was made in January 2017. Since this release, RapidSmith2 has essentially been at version 0.y.z and has been in its initial development phase. The API of RapidSmith2 is no longer rapidly changing.
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+Future version numbers for RapidSmith2 releases will follow the [semantic versioning standard](http://semver.org/).
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+Release tags will be in this format: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.
+* The MAJOR version will be incremented when incompatible API changes are made.
+* The MINOR version will be incremented when a single feature is added in a backwards-compatible manner.
+* The PATCH version will be incremented when a single backwards-compatible bug fix is made.