Version 2.6.0

[jpivarski]

From this point onward, awkward strictly depends on fsspec.

New features

• feat: turn on CUDA unit tests for working kernels and add some CUDA kernels by @ManasviGoyal in feat: turn on CUDA unit tests for working kernels and add some CUDA kernels #2930
• feat: add string builder by @lobis in feat: add string builder #2899
• feat: add to_parquet_row_groups by @zbilodea in feat: add to_parquet_row_groups #2979
• feat!: array is no longer allowed on NumpyArray and EmptyArray by @jpivarski in feat!: __array__ is no longer allowed on NumpyArray and EmptyArray #2997

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: delete header-only/tests/test_1542-array-builder.cpp by @ianna in fix: delete header-only/tests/test_1542-array-builder.cpp #2981
• fix: use std::tuple_element_t as an OptionType type alias by @ianna in fix: use std::tuple_element_t as an OptionType type alias #2977
• fix: generate error message and tests for CUDA and CPU kernels by @ManasviGoyal in fix: generate error message and tests for CUDA and CPU kernels #2989
• fix: ak.merge_union_of_records error message for cases that can't use axis < 0 by @jpivarski in fix: ak.merge_union_of_records error message for cases that can't use axis < 0 #2995

Other

• test: don't fail fast (so pypy doesn't stop the tests) by @jpivarski in test: don't fail fast (so pypy doesn't stop the tests) #2956
• test: generate unit tests for cpu and cuda by @ManasviGoyal in test: generate unit tests for cpu and cuda #2938
• test: update test_2799 for Numba 0.59.0 by @jpivarski in test: update test_2799 for Numba 0.59.0 #2998
• docs: add zonca as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in docs: add zonca as a contributor for code #2959
• docs: add chrisburr as a contributor for infra by @allcontributors in docs: add chrisburr as a contributor for infra #2960
• docs: add zbilodea as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in docs: add zbilodea as a contributor for code #2961
• docs: add raymondEhlers as a contributor for maintenance by @allcontributors in docs: add raymondEhlers as a contributor for maintenance #2962
• docs: add mloning as a contributor for doc by @allcontributors in docs: add mloning as a contributor for doc #2963
• docs: add kkothari2001 as a contributor for code, and test by @allcontributors in docs: add kkothari2001 as a contributor for code, and test #2964
• docs: add jrueb as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in docs: add jrueb as a contributor for code #2965
• docs: add Moelf as a contributor for doc by @allcontributors in docs: add Moelf as a contributor for doc #2966
• docs: update dependencies by @agoose77 in docs: update dependencies #2986
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #2948
• chore(deps): bump the actions group with 3 updates by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump the actions group with 3 updates #2980
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #2982
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #2991
• chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates #2990
• chore: fsspec is now a strict (required) dependency by @jpivarski in chore: fsspec is now a strict (required) dependency #2996

New Contributors

• @lobis made their first contribution in feat: add string builder #2899

Full Changelog: v2.5.2...v2.6.0

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This discussion was created from the release Version 2.6.0.