Bump version to 0.9.0

CHANGELOG.md

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+## [ 0.9.0 ] - [ 2021-05-27 ]
+### Added
+- architecture system: platform and compilation strategy defaults are now built into OpenQL, preventing the need for users to copypaste configuration files from the tests directory
 - interface (C++ and Python) to compile cQASM 1.x
 - allow 'wait' and 'barrier' in JSON section 'gate_decomposition'
 - CC backend:
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 ### Changed
 - pass management: instead of a hardcoded compilation strategy, the strategy can be adjusted and fine-tuned manually
 - pass options: instead of doing everything with global options, global options were replaced with pass options as much as possible
+- most documentation is now generated from code and can be queried using API calls
+- scheduler resources are completely reworked to be made more generic
 - major internal refactoring and restructuring to facilitate the above two things
 - CC backend:
     - renamed JSON field "signal_ref" to "ref_signal"
@@ -46,6 +63,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 - changed register used for FOR loop, so it doesn't clash with delay setting
 - fixed documentation for python setup and running tests
+- various miscellaneous bugs, dangling pointers, and memory leaks
 
 
 ## [ 0.8.0 ] - [ 2019-10-31 ]

include/ql/version.h

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
  *
  * OPENQL_VERSION_STRING is also decoded by setup.py
 */
-#define OPENQL_VERSION_STRING "0.8.1.dev8"
+#define OPENQL_VERSION_STRING "0.9.0"