Awkward

New Features

* feat: add `Form.is_equal_to` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2862
* feat: add `enforce_concatenated_form` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2860

Bug Fixes and Performance

* fix: ufunc handling of attrs by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2837
* fix: only compare scalars in full_like by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2857
* fix: `Array.__getitem__` should set `attrs` on result by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2866

Other

* refactor: split "meta" into `Meta` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2841
* docs: link to execute JupyterLite full screen by zonca in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2854
* ci: fix path to header only tests by zonca in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2851
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2842
* chore: make the CUDA test configuration more resilient at startup by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2846
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2850
* chore(deps): bump mymindstorm/setup-emsdk from 12 to 13 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2847
* chore(deps): bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.10 to 1.8.11 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2855

New Contributors
* zonca made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2851

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.5.0...v2.5.1rc1

New Features
* feat: add `.attrs` to highlevel objects by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2757
* feat: add string formatter to `ak.Array.show` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2803
* feat: expose attrs in typetracer by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2806
* feat: export more of typetracer by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2816
* feat!: prepare for 2.5.0 by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2798
* feat!: drop `forget_length` in `typetracer_with_report` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2807

Bug Fixes and Performance
* fix: support bool types in `resolve_dtypes` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2809
* fix: support scalar returns from `firsts` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2815
* fix: include `_kernel_signatures.py` in package by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2819* refactor: more type hints by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2804

Other
* chore: drop `isort` config, require annotation imports by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2801
* chore: only build _ext and kernels by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2813
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2817
* docs: how to accelerate awkward arrays with cppyy by ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2334
* refactor: drop use of `behavior` in `recursively_apply` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2805
* test: Make cuda tests pass by kkothari2001 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2570


New Contributors
* kkothari2001 made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2570

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.9...v2.5.0

Bug Fixes and Performance
* fix: drop lengths recursively by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2775


Other
* chore: remove `ak.to_categorical` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2779

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.7...v2.5.0rc0

What's Changed
* fix: backport 2809 by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2810


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.9...v2.4.10

New Features
* feat: add `to_buffer` and helper methods in layout builder by ManasviGoyal in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2766
* feat: add helper methods to `utils.h` by ManasviGoyal in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2771
* feat!: rework ufunc type promotion handling by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2767
* feat: extend `to_layout` options by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2763

Bug Fixes and Performance
* fix: add `highlevel`, `behavior` arguments to composite reducers by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2754
* fix: export `nan` variants by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2758
* fix: update `__class__` for both `layout` and `behavior` consistently by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2759
* fix: support all-`None` index in `awkward_Index_nones_as_index.cpp` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2769
* fix: handle unhashable behaviour type by ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2770
* fix: protect RecordForm against len(fields) != len(contents) by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2776
* fix: drop lengths recursively by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2775
* fix: `ak.num` should always return a useful (non-unknown length) type by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2785
* fix: remove old argument from `broadcast_and_apply` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2790
* fix: don't preserve unexpected option for is_in by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2792
* fix: support scalar strings in `fill_none` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2793
* fix: support arbitrary ufuncs with respect to NEP-50 by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2799

Other
* chore: add trove classifier to awkward-cpp by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2729
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2733
* chore: set `pyupgrade` version by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2756
* chore: prepare for ruff-format by henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2773
* chore: move to Ruff-format by henryiii in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2777
* chore: run mypy in CI by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2789
* chore: run mypy on `ak.types` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2791
* ci: fix oldest-supported-dependencies test workflow by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2783
* refactor: drop `behavior` broadcasting by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2761
* refactor: introduce parametrised nplike types by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2795
* chore(deps): bump amannn/action-semantic-pull-request from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2796



**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.6...v2.4.8

New Features
* feat!: revert breaking component of `asarray` PR by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2752* fix: update cppyy module by ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2747

Bug-fixes and performance
* fix: update cppyy version by ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2748
* fix: don't call asarray on `Index` objects internally by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2749

Other
* chore: update CITATION.cff by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2750



**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.5...v2.4.6