Numba 0.56.0rc1 Checklist

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Numba 0.56.0rc1

• Merge to main.
  • "remaining Pull-Requests from milestone".
• Check Numba's version support table documentation. Update via PR if
  needed.
  . updated version support information for 0.55.2/0.57 #8189
• Review deprecation schedule and notices. Make PRs if need be.
  • Review deprecations for 0.56 #7770
• Merge change log changes.
  • "PR with changelog entries".
• Create 0.56 release branch.
  • https://github.com/numba/numba/tree/release0.56
• Dependency version pinning on release branch
  • Pin llvmlite to >=0.39.0rc1,<0.40.0.
  • Pin NumPy if needed (1.22?)
  • Pin TBB if needed (probably not, already pinned on main)
  • Pin llvmlite and NumPy on release branch. #8205
• Annotated tag 0.56.0rc1 on release branch (no v prefix).
• Build and upload conda packages on buildfarm (check "upload"). (BFID numba_yaml_212)
• Build wheels and sdist on the buildfarm (check "upload"). (BFID numba_wheel_67)
• Verify packages uploaded to Anaconda Cloud and move to numba/label/main.
  • https://anaconda.org/numba/numba/files?version=0.56.0rc1
• Upload wheels and sdist to PyPI (upload from ci_artifacts).
• Verify wheels for all platforms arrived on PyPi.
  • https://pypi.org/project/numba/0.56.0rc1/#files
• Initialize and verify ReadTheDocs build.
  • https://numba.readthedocs.io/en/0.56.0rc1/
• Send RC announcement email / post announcement to discourse group.
  • https://numba.discourse.group/t/ann-numba-0-56-0-rc1/1417
• Post link to Twitter.
  • https://twitter.com/numba_jit/status/1542078519550820352

Post Release:

• Clean up ci_artifacts by moving files to sub-directories
• Tag 0.57.0dev0 to start new development cycle on main.
  • https://github.com/numba/numba/releases/tag/0.57.0dev0
• Update llvmlite dependency spec to match next version via PR to main.
  • Bump llvmlite dependency to 0.40.dev0 for Numba 0.57.0dev0 #8201
• Update release checklist template with any additional bullet points that
  may have arisen during the release.
  • Update the release template to include updating the version table. #8198
  • development tag should be in monofont #8207
• Close milestone (and then close this release issue).

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It's a wrap!