CUDA Python next releases 12.8.0 and 11.8.6

[jollylili]

• If cuda.binding: Push any internal updates for accommodating a new CTK release to the public (IMPORTANT: Need to wait for CTK posting!)
  • Rebase to CTK 12.8 #414
• File an internal nvbug to communicate test plan & release schedule with QA
  • nvbugs 5018584
• Ensure all pending PRs are reviewed, tested, and merged
• Check (or update if needed) the dependency requirements
• Bump the version
• Create a public rc tag
• Point QA to fetch public artifacts (wheels) from the GHA run ID, example: gh run download 12323257563 -p "cuda-core*" -R NVIDIA/cuda-python
• Wait for QA reports and fix any issues found
• Finalize the doc update (touching docstrings/type annotations in code is OK during code freeze, apply your best judgement!), including release notes
• Update the docs for the new version
• Create a public release tag
• If any code change happens, rebuild the wheels from the new tag
• Upload wheels to PyPI
• Finalize the announcement update
• Send out the announcement internally
• Send out the announcement externally (GitHub Release -> Announcement)
• Update the conda recipe & release conda packages
• Post-release QA

[ksimpson-work]

just confirming, code freeze is January 23, and the planned release is ~ Jan 23 + 2 weeks?