V1.0.0: first major release

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This is the first major release of Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka.
It is available for Entity Framework Core 6 and 7.
Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka comes with the following:

• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet: the core engine which:
  • Uses KNet version 2.2.0 based on Apache Kafka 3.6.0
  • Manages synchronization with Apache Kafka back-end using KNetCompactedReplicator or Apache Kafka Streams
  • Has KafkaDbContext to simplify configuration and life-cycle of a DbContext
  • Has event handler to receive information about change event happened behind the scene
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization: the default serialization engine based on Json which contains helpers to externally extract Entity data from the Apache Kafka topics
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Avro: the serialization based on Avro records which extends MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Templates: a package containing some startup template to use Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Avro.Compiler: supporting project for MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Avro
• web-site documentation at https://masesgroup.github.io/KEFCore/

Official NuGet packages (*)

• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Templates
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization
• MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet.Serialization.Avro

(*) packages are also available on GitHub packages.

What's Changed

• Update template usage guide by @masesdevelopers in Update template usage guide #124
• Update version to 1.0.0 before create the first major release by @masesdevelopers in Update version to 1.0.0 before create the first major release #126
• Fix template description by @masesdevelopers in Fix template description #127
• Update documentation by @masesdevelopers in Update documentation #128
• Updates on documentation by @masesdevelopers in Updates on documentation #129
• Update tags in NugGet packages by @masesdevelopers in Update tags in NugGet packages #130
• Update event handler and documentation by @masesdevelopers in Update event handler and documentation #131
• Make change event async by @masesdevelopers in Make change event async #132
• Distinguish between Added and Removed by @masesdevelopers in Distinguish between Added and Removed #133
• Reverted Distinguish between Added and Removed #133 by @masesdevelopers in Reverted #133 #134

Full Changelog: V0.10.1.0...V1.0.0.0

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