v0.7.2-alpha: New features in vm-instance, updated documentation

[heyealex]

Key New Features

• Spot provisioning and threads_per_core support in VM Instance module
• Updated and improved documentation

Resource Improvements

• vm-instance: Spot provisioning support
• vm-instance: Option to set threads_per_core to enable or disable Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)
• vpc: Better support for supplying custom primary subnetwork
• vpc: Better dependency tracking
• startup-scripts: Better dependency tracking

Improvements

• Updated Documentation, improvements to navigation in large README files
• make install and make install-user for installing the binary globally or locally.
• Issue template added for reporting bugs in the HPC Toolkit

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Terraform state doesn't update when overwriting a blueprint

What's Changed

• Support Spot provisioning in VM instance module by @tpdownes in Support Spot provisioning in VM instance module #283
• Enable VPC module to accept subnetwork_name input variable by @tpdownes in Enable VPC module to accept subnetwork_name input variable #285
• Add threads-per-node option for vm-instance by @heyealex in Add threads-per-node option for vm-instance #290
• Reduce 'suspend_time' in example to minimize destroy leaving behind compute nodes by @nick-stroud in Reduce 'suspend_time' in example to minimize destroy leaving behind compute nodes  #292
• Fix: terraform.tfstate.backup was written to terraform.tfstate during overwrite by @nick-stroud in Fix: terraform.tfstate.backup was written to terraform.tfstate during overwrite #294
• Add make install option for root and user by @heyealex in Add make install option for root and user #293
• Update quota documentation to match new defaults for filestore module by @nick-stroud in Update quota documentation to match new defaults for filestore module #297
• Add implicit dependencies in startup-scripts by @tpdownes in Add implicit dependencies in startup-scripts #298
• Add explicit dependencies in VPC module by @tpdownes in Add explicit dependencies in VPC module #295
• Add issue template by @heyealex in Add issue template #300
• Added a TOC to examples/README, re-sorted examples by @cboneti in Added a TOC to examples/README, re-sorted examples #301
• Update PD quota to match current example config by @nick-stroud in Update PD quota to match current example config #302
• Update Intel Select tutorial to use new schema by @nick-stroud in Update Intel Select tutorial to use new schema #303
• Fix make tests by @tpdownes in Fix make tests #304
• Update name of previous resource groups folder to match new schema by @nick-stroud in Update name of previous resource groups folder to match new schema #305
• Add provider_meta blocks by @nick-stroud in Add provider_meta blocks #309
• Update cmd README by @heyealex in Update cmd README #307
• Update to version 0.7.2-alpha by @heyealex in Update to version 0.7.2-alpha #310
• Release 0.7.2-alpha by @heyealex in Release 0.7.2-alpha #312

Full Changelog: v0.7.1-alpha...v0.7.2-alpha

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