Release v0.8a3

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: ivh

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
 
+## [0.8a3] - 2026-02-11
+
+### Changed
+- Replace MCMC-based `wavecal_init` with iterative peak matching algorithm
+- Remove `emcee` and `corner` dependencies
+
+### Fixed
+- Fix continuum trace count mismatch when norm_flat drops edge traces
+- Fix extraction_height precedence: settings over trace.height
+- Fix LFC plot crash on negative orders and Finalize trace selection
+- Fix 2D wavecal poly eval, continuum trace selection, and numeric guards
+- Fix wavecal/freq_comb trace data flow and continuum trace mismatch
+
 ## [0.8a2] - 2026-02-03
 
 ### Added

pyproject.toml

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 [project]
 name = "pyreduce-astro"
-version = "0.8a2"
+version = "0.8a3"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
 description = "A data reduction package for echelle spectrographs"
 readme = "README.md"