Merge branch 'feature/configuration-provider-default-values' into develop

Author: rmk135

docs/main/changelog.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ follows `Semantic versioning`_
 
 Development version
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-- No features.
+- Add functionality for initializing ``Configuration`` provider with default 
+ values.
 
 3.4.8
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