Release Version 2.9.0 · scikit-hep/awkward

New features

fix: pass the right input type to awkward_NumpyArray_subrange_equal* kernels by @ikrommyd in #3818
fix: define behavior class within the test function in test_1511_set_attribute.py to make it thread-local by @ikrommyd in #3826
fix: properly respect requested byteorder in ak.from_buffers for ndarray buffers by @ikrommyd in #3820
fix: use set_mask instead of set_base_mask in to_cudf by @ikrommyd in #3847

chore: use "M8" dtype instead of "<M8" in tests by @ikrommyd in #3819
chore(deps): bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 3.1.0 to 3.2.0 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #3828
chore: move array definitions inside test functions in test_1490_jax_reducers_combinations.py by @ikrommyd in #3829
chore: xfail tests-cuda/test_3051_to_cuda.py only in the latest cudf by @ikrommyd in #3836
chore: do not skip test_recordarray_argmax_y_field and make the xfail reason consistent for test_listarray_sort in tests-cuda/test_3459_virtualarray_with_cuda.py by @ikrommyd in #3837
chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #3834
chore: delete old VirtualArray class by @ikrommyd in #3848
build: drop support for PyPy by @ikrommyd in #3835
ci: drop 3.13t by @henryiii in #3843
ci: drop cp/pp build selectors by @henryiii in #3854
docs: add automated contributions policy to CONTRIBUTING.md by @ianna in #3831
docs: document named-axis support for axis in high-level operations by @X0708a in #3823
refactor: improve ak.to_cudf errors and documentation by @ikrommyd in #3850

Full Changelog: v2.8.12...v2.9.0