Awkward

New features
* feat: add `recursive` argument to `expected_from_buffers` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2724
* feat: infer unknown lengths from context in `from_buffers` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2732

Bug-fixes and performance
* fix: don't use `np.asarray` on `Index` or `Content` objects by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2740
* fix: swap names for `__dlpack__` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2741
* fix: `__array__` accepts positional arguments by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2744

Other
* test: add dask-awkward to at least one of our tests. by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2739
* chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.16.1 to 2.16.2 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2736
* ci: improve deployment environment UX by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2742


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.4...v2.4.5

New features
* feat: add `buffer_key` to `typetracer_with_report` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2719

Bug-fixes and performance
* fix: catch cases in which fields required by a JSON schema are not in the JSON object by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2712
* fix: support concrete buffers in `TypeTracer.frombuffer` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2718
* fix: make the examples consistent with the changes in 2553 by ManasviGoyal in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2725
* fix: reduction with `axis=None`, `keepdims=True` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2728

Other
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2722
* chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.15.0 to 2.16.0 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2716
* chore(deps): bump amannn/action-semantic-pull-request from 5.2.0 to 5.3.0 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2721
* chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.16.0 to 2.16.1 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2723

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.3...v2.4.4

New features
* feat: add ak_to_feather and ak_from_feather functions by zbilodea in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2683
* feat: expose simplification from `ak.from_buffers` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2713

Bug-fixes and performance
* fix: unpickling of `unknown_length` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2710
* fix: support placeholders in `from_buffers` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2714

Other
* chore: try to reintroduce Python 3.12, now that NumPy has released a beta. by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2644
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2705
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2715* chore(deps): bump aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials from 3 to 4 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2706
* chore(deps): bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2707
* docs: update obsolete comment in docs (relevant only in v1). by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2699

New Contributors
* zbilodea made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2683

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.2...v2.4.3

Bug-fixes and performance
* fix: support placeholder arrays in `ArrayModuleNumpyLike.frombuffer` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2693
* fix: drop zero-cost views of `ak.Array` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2697

Other
* chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2689
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2692

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.1...v2.4.2

Other
- Fix docs version selector

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.4.0...v2.4.1

New features
* feat: `Form.expected_from_buffers` for names/dtypes `ak.from_buffers` needs. by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2660
* feat: support out-of-band buffers in pickling by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2665
* feat: add `touch_data` to `ak.typetracer` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2672
* feat: add support for custom picklers by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2682
* feat!: deprecate `forget_length`, add parameters to `typetracer_with_report` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2671
* feat!: remove deprecations for 1.4.0 release by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2688* fix: support placeholders in shape-only routines by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2652

Bug-fixes and performance
* fix: multiple-output ufuncs e.g. `divmod` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2654
* fix: support unflattening a typetracer-backed array at `axis != 0` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2657
* fix: fix IPython inspection by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2658
* fix: using `numba.core.errors.Numba<Error>` instead of `Error` in a Numba typing context. by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2659
* fix: raise error for invalid object in `from_dlpack` by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2662
* fix: fix/harden broadcasting through tuples by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2663
* fix: update string to search for in determing parquet column list separator by douglasdavis in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2670
* fix: guard `broadcast_and_apply` from mixed backends by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2678
* fix: support typetracer in `ak.str.` operations by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2679

Other
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2645
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2677
* chore: bump numba and pyarrow test pins by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2684
* chore: bump C++ standard version by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2685
* chore(deps): bump aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials from 2 to 3 by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2669
* test: keep testing Windows 32-bit. by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2681




**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.3.3...v2.4.0