Prepare 0.8.0rc0 prerelease for Zenodo DOI

.bumpversion.cfg

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.3
+current_version = 0.8.0rc0
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)((?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<build>\d+))?
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ values =
 [bumpversion:file:./README.md]
 
 [bumpversion:file:./pyproject.toml]
+
+[bumpversion:file:./CITATION.cff]

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
     tags:
       - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Create Release
@@ -27,6 +30,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get version number
         id: get_version
         run: echo "VERSION=$(python3 -c "import simphony; print(simphony.__version__)")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Determine release type
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${VERSION}" == *rc* ]]; then
+            echo "PRERELEASE=true" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          else
+            echo "PRERELEASE=false" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          fi
       - name: Load Release text
         run: |
           {
@@ -35,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             echo EOF
           } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - name: Publish to PyPI
+        if: env.PRERELEASE != 'true'
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.13.0
         with:
           user: __token__
@@ -49,4 +60,4 @@ jobs:
           release_name: Simphony ${{ env.VERSION }}
           body: ${{ env.BODY }}
           draft: false
-          prerelease: false
+          prerelease: ${{ env.PRERELEASE }}

.gitignore

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ wheels/
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
 
+# Local Cache
+.simphony_cache
+
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ---
 
+## [0.8.0rc0](https://github.com/BYUCamachoLab/simphony/tree/v0.8.0rc0) - <small>2026-05-29</small>
+
+Release candidate for archiving the current time-domain simulator implementation.
+
+### Added
+- Citation metadata for GitHub and Zenodo.
+- Release workflow handling for release-candidate GitHub prereleases.
+
+### Fixed
+-
+
+### Changed
+- Prepared the time-domain simulator branch for Zenodo DOI archival.
+
+---
+
 ## [0.7.3](https://github.com/BYUCamachoLab/simphony/tree/v0.7.3) - <small>2025-10-27</small>
 
 Minor bug fixes.
@@ -21,8 +37,8 @@ Minor bug fixes.
 - Bug with group delay that was ignored in lumerical file parser. Lumerical output files calculated with "include group delay" in the s-parameter matrix sweep dialogue were imported with incorrect phases due to ignoring group delay.
 
 ### Changed
-- 
-  
+-
+
 ---
 
 ## [0.7.2](https://github.com/BYUCamachoLab/simphony/tree/v0.7.2) - <small>2024-01-09</small>

CITATION.cff

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use Simphony in your research, please cite it using the metadata from this file."
+title: "Simphony: A Simulator for Photonic Circuits"
+type: software
+version: "0.8.0rc0"
+date-released: "2026-05-29"
+authors:
+  - family-names: Ploeg
+    given-names: Sequoia
+  - family-names: Gunther
+    given-names: Hyrum
+  - family-names: Carver
+    given-names: Christian
+  - name: BYU CamachoLab
+abstract: "Simphony is a Python package for designing and simulating photonic integrated circuits."
+license: MIT
+repository-code: "https://github.com/BYUCamachoLab/simphony"
+url: "https://simphonyphotonics.readthedocs.io/en/stable/"
+keywords:
+  - photonics
+  - simulation
+  - circuits
+  - science
+  - engineering
+  - physics
+  - interconnect

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Simphony: A Simulator for Photonic Circuits
 
 <div style="text-align: center">
-<img alt="Development version" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/master-v0.7.3-informational">
+<img alt="Development version" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/master-v0.8.0rc0-informational">
 <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/simphony"><img alt="PyPI Version" src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/simphony.svg"></a>
 <img alt="PyPI - Python Version" src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/simphony">
 <a href="https://github.com/BYUCamachoLab/simphony/actions"><img alt="Build Status" src="https://github.com/BYUCamachoLab/simphony/actions/workflows/build-and-test.yml/badge.svg"></a>