Release 24.11.x

[beeankha]

Summary

Placeholder for conda-build 24.11.x release.

Pilot	@beeankha
Co-pilot	@ForgottenProgramme
Jumpseat	@kenodegard

Tasks

The week before release week

• Create release branch (named 24.11.x)
• Ensure release candidates are being successfully built (see conda-canary/label/rc-conda-build-24.11.x)
• Complete outstanding PRs
• Test release candidates (tested by @beeankha on Windows and MacOS M1)
  • Add command line option to specify the wanted package format #5209
  • Better document run_test.r #5479
  • python_site_packages_path can be specified in the build section #5502
  • Add index benchmark #5508
  • fix: use a more specific regex for jinja2 set/for statements #5514
  • fix: update ruamel.yaml usage to use supported APIs #5517
  • fix: pin pydata_sphinx_theme to get docs to build #5518
  • Drop Python 3.8 #5525
  • fix: ensure variants are used on first parsing pass #5528
  • Warn about upcoming default change in conda_pkg_format #5534
  • fix: ensure variable finding works properly and add unit tests for variable finding #5535

Release week

• Create release PR (see release process) Changelog 24.11.0 #5540
• Publish release https://github.com/conda/conda-build/releases/tag/24.11.0
• Merge 24.11.x back into main #5548
• Activate the 24.11.x branch on ReadTheDocs
• Feedstocks
  • Bump conda-build to version 24.11.0 AnacondaRecipes/conda-build-feedstock#49
  • conda-build v24.11.0 conda-forge/conda-build-feedstock#231
• Hand off to the Anaconda packaging team
• Announce release
  • Blog Post (optional)
    • November Release Blogpost conda-dot-org#231
  • Long form
    • Create release announcement draft
    • Discourse
    • Matrix (conda/conda) (this auto posts from Discourse)
  • Summary
    • Twitter

Patch 24.11.1

• Correct deprecation message when no arguments are passed #5550
• Create release PR (see release process) Changelog 24.11.1 #5552
• Publish release
• Merge 24.11.x back into main #5548
• Feedstocks
  • Bump conda-build version to 24.11.1 AnacondaRecipes/conda-build-feedstock#50
  • conda-build v24.11.1 conda-forge/conda-build-feedstock#232
• Hand off to the Anaconda packaging team

Patch 24.11.2

• AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'copy' when combining specs. #5416
• Create release PR (see release process) Changelog 24.11.2 #5556
• Publish release https://github.com/conda/conda-build/releases/tag/24.11.2
• Merge 24.11.x back into main #5557
• Feedstocks
  • Bump to 24.11.2 AnacondaRecipes/conda-build-feedstock#51
  • conda-build v24.11.2 conda-forge/conda-build-feedstock#235
• Hand off to the Anaconda packaging team

[kenodegard]

Bug reported: #5549