added test for compaction method

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Tan Jerome <nicholas.jerome@kit.edu>
added compaction method

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Tan Jerome <nicholas.jerome@kit.edu>
updated changelog and also version to 0.10.2

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Tan Jerome <nicholas.jerome@kit.edu>
Merge branch 'feature/add_compaction' into develop
Merge branch 'release/RELEASE'