release-0.8.44

What's Changed

• Optimize get_stability_scores: O(n) bincount replaces O(k*n) loop by @sebastianbreguel in #709
• Optimize do_labelling: O(1) array lookups replace O(n*T) linear scans by @sebastianbreguel in #708
• Reduce mutual_reachability peak memory by 51% via in-place ops by @sebastianbreguel in #711
• Vectorize _remap_edge_lists and _remap_point_lists: 6-14x faster by @sebastianbreguel in #712
• Optimize gen_min_span_tree: set lookups replace O(n^2) array copies by @sebastianbreguel in #710
• Vectorize relative_validity_: ~800x speedup replacing Pandas iterrows by @sebastianbreguel in #715
• Optimize get_clusters: O(1) dict lookups replace O(T) array scans by @sebastianbreguel in #714
• Optimize mst_linkage_core: 3-4x speedup via in-place C pointers by @sebastianbreguel in #713
• Track MST source nodes in Cython, eliminate O(n²) reconstruction by @sebastianbreguel in #719
• Optimize condense_tree: pre-allocated buffers ~20% faster by @sebastianbreguel in #717
• Optimize simplify_hierarchy: O(C²) → O(C) prefix sum by @sebastianbreguel in #716
• Replace per-cluster tree scans with a single grouped reduction by @sebastianbreguel in #720
• Compute the cluster-walk child mask once per step by @sebastianbreguel in #723
• Build cluster exemplars with a single hstack by @sebastianbreguel in #722
• Speed up the cluster-tree walk-up in approximate_predict by @sebastianbreguel in #725
• Add 3.14 builds to pipeline by @gclendenning in #707

New Contributors

• @sebastianbreguel made their first contribution in #709

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