initiate deprecation smoothing and tabular modules

[jGaboardi]

• start deprecation of the smoothing and tabular modules
• see the open question regarding assuncao_rate() – deprecate smoothing.py & tabular.py #464 (comment)

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 86.0%. Comparing base (415d226) to head (855d0cf).

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[sjsrey]

Thanks for this.

But, I think we should reconsider the deprecation of smoothing as I've now seen it being used in the wild. Perhaps next dev meeting we can have a discussion?
xref #464

[jGaboardi]

Agreed. Just wanted to keep this branch up to date, in case we change that decision.