Version 2.6.3rc1

The main purpose of this release is to make sure that the deployment machinery still works, now that the PYPI_PASSWORD had to be replaced.

New features

• feat!: printing a typetracer array should not touch it by @jpivarski in #3019
• feat: add to_parquet_dataset function by @zbilodea in #2898
• feat: adding support for numpy.real, imag, round, angle, by @tcawlfield in #3053

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: return ufunc as it is for user defined vectorized funcs by @Saransh-cpp in #3025

Other

• docs: fix styling of icons by @agoose77 in #3042
• docs: add a link to documentation of AwkwardArray in Julia by @ianna in #3052
• ci: Make wheel building workflow reusable by @matthewfeickert in #3016
• test: TEMPORARY edits to get tests working for all PRs: NumPy 2.0 cap and turned off Try-It by @jpivarski in #3057
• chore: keeping CONTRIBUTING.md up to date (take 1) by @jpivarski in #3038
• chore(deps): bump the actions group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #3048
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #3050

New Contributors

• @tcawlfield made their first contribution in #3053

Full Changelog: v2.6.2...v2.6.3rc1