generate a diff file with differences between supplements #173
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This PR adds functionality to generate an ECSV file with the (effective) differences between supplements.
I say "effective" because, if a star is not in the supplement, then the catalog magnitude is used, so strictly speaking it is not just the difference between supplements. It is the difference in magnitude reported by agasc when using the supplement.
Description
Interface impacts
Provides a new data file intended to be used by other groups (sot mp).
Testing
Unit tests
Independent check of unit tests by Jean
Functional tests
Testing the diffs
Comparing between flight and RC:
Comparing when there are no diffs:
Testing sending email
From the local repo:
This script fails in the last step (updating the supplement in rc) but does everything in the PR.