Version 2.8.5

New features

(none!)

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: cudf strings column by @ianna in #3555
• fix: ak.categories should return None if no categories are present by @pfackeldey in #3553
• fix: combinations explicit cuda test for n == 0 by @ianna in #3554
• fix: cuda atomicMin and atomicMax for <double>s by @Moelf in #3545
• fix: error if a complex JAX arrays type is passed to Awkward's C++ kernels by @pfackeldey in #3546
• fix: too many dashes in jupyter repr by @pfackeldey in #3552
• fix: use older manylinux for CPython 3.10 and 3.9 by @henryiii in #3558
• fix: use std::memcpy instead of *reinterpret_cast by @APN-Pucky in #3514

Other

• chore(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot in #3549
• chore: use PEP 639 license by @henryiii in #3559
• ci: add workflow to run GPU tests on selfhosted runner by @ariostas in #3543
• ci: run cuda kernel tests by @ariostas in #3551
• docs: Add MODE talk + update publications by @Saransh-cpp in #3547
• docs: add APN-Pucky as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #3557
• docs: add Moelf as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #3556

Full Changelog: v2.8.4...v2.8.5