1.10 release

[sgillies]

As I mentioned in #1329 I would like to make a Fiona 1.10 release with support for Python virtual filesystems (done in #1331) and Numpy 2.

Target date for a 1.10a1 is 2024-03-01.

[sgillies]

1.10a1 distributions are on PyPI now: https://pypi.org/project/fiona/1.10a1/#files.

[martinfleis]

@sgillies do you have a planned date for 1.10 release that is not a pre-release? I am trying to figure out if we need another patch release of GeoPandas before that or of GeoPandas 1.0 (tentatively end of April) will be enough.

[sgillies]

@martinfleis I'm also thinking end of April for 1.10.0.

[sgillies]

A largish new feature and a big refactor have landed. I'm going to begin releasing 1.0a2 today.

[sgillies]

Small changes to CI runners since 1.10a1 have broken the builds 😂 . I'm iterating on the fix.

[sgillies]

Whew, done with 1.10a2!

All the major new features planned for 1.10.0 are done, so let's have the next release be 1.10b1.

[sgillies]

1.10b1 is tagged, on PyPI, and announced in some places. Should be on conda-forge soon.