Version 2.14.0

[TaiSakuma]

What's Changed

New features

• feat: add ak.from_cudf and rewrite to_cudf via libcudf by @aashirvad08 in feat: add ak.from_cudf and rewrite to_cudf via libcudf #3949

Bug Fixes

• fix: remove the vectorized union-flattening fast path by @TaiSakuma in fix: remove the vectorized union-flattening fast path #4303
• fix: enforce the plain-function contract in @experimental by @aashirvad08 in fix: enforce the plain-function contract in @experimental #4320
• fix: to_arrow datetime conversion by @ianna in fix: to_arrow datetime conversion #3647
• fix: out-of-bounds write in Cupy.repeat() with trailing zeros by @kmohrman in fix: out-of-bounds write in Cupy.repeat() with trailing zeros #4311

Performance

• perf: optimize option-type ListArray to Arrow conversion by @aashirvad08 in perf: optimize option-type ListArray to Arrow conversion #4207
• perf: project option inputs in broadcasting with one nonzero and integer takes by @lgray in perf: project option inputs in broadcasting with one nonzero and integer takes #4326
• perf: skip named-axis machinery when no input carries named axes by @ikrommyd in perf: skip named-axis machinery when no input carries named axes #4332
• perf: cache whether a virtual array's shape is known by @ikrommyd in perf: cache whether a virtual array's shape is known #4337
• perf: return the input array from asarray when it already has the requested dtype by @ikrommyd in perf: return the input array from asarray when it already has the requested dtype #4343
• perf: test field-name slices before integer-like slices by @ikrommyd in perf: test field-name slices before integer-like slices #4344
• perf: fast-path int and numpy integers in is_integer by @ikrommyd in perf: fast-path int and numpy integers in is_integer #4345

Documentation

• docs: require the experimental mark when introducing new public APIs by @TaiSakuma in docs: require the experimental mark when introducing new public APIs #4299
• docs: render experimental API notices by @Soumoditya in docs: render experimental API notices #4315
• docs: add summary lines to 9 field/name/parameter operation docstrings by @TaiSakuma in docs: add summary lines to 9 field/name/parameter operation docstrings #4134
• docs: add summary lines to 8 from_* array-library converter docstrings by @TaiSakuma in docs: add summary lines to 8 from_* array-library converter docstrings #4136
• docs: add kmohrman as a contributor for code by @allcontributors[bot] in docs: add kmohrman as a contributor for code #4328
• docs: add summary lines to 8 missing-value operation docstrings by @TaiSakuma in docs: add summary lines to 8 missing-value operation docstrings #4130
• docs: update CITATION.cff by @TaiSakuma in docs: update CITATION.cff #4330
• docs: read the Chicago taxi dataset from an R2 mirror by @ianna in docs: read the Chicago taxi dataset from an R2 mirror #4327

Testing

• test: exclude layouts affected by to_parquet roundtrip fails on an UnmaskedArray field of a record with null rows #4305 from the parquet roundtrip tests by @TaiSakuma in test: exclude layouts affected by #4305 from the parquet roundtrip tests #4306
• test: widen has_issue_4264 to lists under untrimmed regular content by @TaiSakuma in test: widen has_issue_4264 to lists under untrimmed regular content #4309
• test: exclude layouts affected by ak.array_equal is False for equal unions with list-of-records child and reordered index #4316 from the Arrow test_roundtrip comparison by @TaiSakuma in test: exclude layouts affected by #4316 from the Arrow test_roundtrip comparison #4317
• test: add a no-raise property-test module for ak.any by @TaiSakuma in test: add a no-raise property-test module for ak.any #4314
• test: widen _has_issue_4228 to union option children longer than their used length by @TaiSakuma in test: widen _has_issue_4228 to union option children longer than their used length #4318
• test: match the experimental warning filter by message, not by class path by @ikrommyd in test: match the experimental warning filter by message, not by class path #4353

Build & CI

• ci: pin numpy below 2.5 in the GPU test environment by @TaiSakuma in ci: pin numpy below 2.5 in the GPU test environment #4313
• chore(deps): bump hypothesis-awkward from 0.19.1 to 0.20.0 by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump hypothesis-awkward from 0.19.1 to 0.20.0 #4294
• chore: generate kernel artefacts from CMake instead of nox -s prepare by @henryiii in chore: generate kernel artefacts from CMake instead of nox -s prepare #4190
• ci: deploy the documentation to the gh-pages branch by @ariostas in ci: deploy the documentation to the gh-pages branch #4323
• chore(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 5 updates by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 5 updates #4322
• chore: Cap cuda-cccl version at 1.1.1 by @shwina in chore: Cap cuda-cccl version at 1.1.1 #4356

New Contributors

• @Soumoditya made their first contribution in docs: render experimental API notices #4315
• @kmohrman made their first contribution in fix: out-of-bounds write in Cupy.repeat() with trailing zeros #4311

Full Changelog: v2.13.0...v2.14.0

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