Remove sinter-in-development warnings (#274)

doc/developer_documentation.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ These notes generally assume you are on a Linux system.
 - [autoformating code](#autoformat)
     - [with clang-format](#autoformat.clang-format)
 
-# <a name="release-checklist"></a>Compatibility guarantees across versions
+# <a name="compatibility></a>Compatibility guarantees across versions
 
 A *bug* is bad behavior that wasn't intended. For example, the program crashing instead of returning empty results when sampling from an empty circuit would be a bug.
 
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ A *spandrel* is an implementation detail that has observable effects, but which
     - Commit changes
     - `git tag vX.Y.Z`
     - Push tag to github
+    - Check github `Actions` tab and confirm ci is running on the tag
+    - Wait for ci to finish validating and producing artifacts for the tag
     - Get `stim` wheels [from cibuildwheels](#pypackage.stim.cibuildwheels) of this tag
     - Build `stimcirq` sdist on this tag [using python setup.py sdist](#pypackage.stimcirq.python)
-    - Combine `stim` and `stimcirq` package files into one directory
+    - Build `sinter` sdist on this tag [using python setup.py sdist](#pypackage.sinter.python)
+    - Combine `stim`, `stimcirq`, and `sinter` package files into one directory
 - Bump to next dev version on main branch
     - Update version to `vX.Y.dev0` in all setup.py files
     - Update `INTENTIONAL_VERSION_SEED_INCOMPATIBILITY` in `src/stim/circuit/circuit.h`
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ A *spandrel* is an implementation detail that has observable effects, but which
     - Flagship changes section
     - Notable changes section
     - Include wheels/sdists as attachments
-- Do irreversible steps last
+- Do these irreversible and public viewable steps last!
     - Upload wheels/sdists to pypi using `twine`
     - Publish the github release notes
     - Add gates reference page to wiki for the new version

glue/sample/README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # sinter: fast QEC sampling
 
-> **sinter is still in development. Its API is not stable.** 
-
 Sinter is a software tool/library for doing fast monte carlo sampling of
 quantum error correction circuits.
 
@@ -14,8 +12,6 @@ quantum error correction circuits.
 <a name="how_to_works"></a>
 # How it works
 
-> **sinter is still in development. Its API is not stable.** 
-
 Sinter takes Stim circuits annotated with noise, detectors, and logical
 observables.
 It uses stim to sample the circuits and pymatching to predict whether the
@@ -37,8 +33,6 @@ sinter generally achieves good resource utilization of the processes you assign
 <a name="how_to_install"></a>
 # How to install
 
-**sinter is still in development. Its API is not stable.** 
-
 Sinter is available as a pypi package. It can be installed using pip:
 
 ```
@@ -53,8 +47,6 @@ to use sinter's python API.
 <a name="how_to_use_python"></a>
 # How to use: Python API
 
-> **sinter is still in development. Its API is not stable.** 
-
 This example assumes you are in a python environment with sinter
 installed.
 
@@ -143,8 +135,6 @@ and the corresponding image saved to `plot.png`:
 
 ## python API utility methods
 
-> **sinter is still in development. Its API is not stable.** 
-
 Sinter's python module exposes a variety of methods that are handy for plotting
 or analyzing QEC data. These include:
 
@@ -163,8 +153,6 @@ or analyzing QEC data. These include:
 <a name="how_to_use_linux"></a>
 # How to use: Linux Command Line
 
-> **sinter is still in development. Its API is not stable.** 
-
 This example assumes you are using a linux command line in a python virtualenv with `sinter` installed.
 
 ## pick circuits
@@ -281,8 +269,6 @@ Which will save a png image of, and also open a window showing, a plot like this
 # The csv format for sample statistics
 
 
-> **sinter is still in development. Its API is not stable.** 
-
 Sinter saves samples as a table using a Comma Separated Value format.
 For example: