[Meta issue] Release 0.45.0

[connortann]

• Complete PRs in milestone:
  • MAINT: update deprecation warnings for l1_reg="auto" and auto_size_plot=False #3517
  • DOCS: Formatting and phrasing updates for SHAP return values #3549
  • MAINT: Add l1_reg argument to KernelExplainer call() #3554
• Relevant deprecations
  • Tracked on [Meta-issue] deprecation tracker for upcoming releases #3507
• Dry-run cibuildwheel & test
  • Example run https://github.com/shap/shap/actions/runs/8202163162
• Make GitHub release & tag
• Confirm PyPI wheels published
• Conda forge published

[connortann]

@CloseChoice FYI, once we get these last items in I think we're good to make a release!

[connortann]

@CloseChoice @DanGolding I believe we're good to make a release now, as those key PRs are in and cibuildwheel is passing. Any objections or shall I go ahead?

[CloseChoice]

No objections from my side. Let's go ahead.

[connortann]

Done 🎉 Let me know if you have any proposed edits to the release notes, in particular to the description of the breaking change to the shape of Explanation objects.

[CloseChoice]

Done 🎉 Let me know if you have any proposed edits to the release notes, in particular to the description of the breaking change to the shape of Explanation objects.

The release notes look good to me. Let's keep it as it is. I'll put a link to the release notes on hackernews later today.