24.08 release plan

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Release Checklist for v24.08:

Status	Task	Start	End	Owner
Pre-release
- [X]	Verify 24.08 RAPIDS pip packages work in Databricks AWS (align with RAPIDS burndown)	2024-07-15	2024-07-22	@eordentlich
- [X]	Create 24.10 branch spark-rapids-ml	2024-07-25	2024-07-26	@NvTimLiu
- [X]	Automerge from 24.08 to 24.10	2024-07-25	2024-07-26	@NvTimLiu
- [X]	Enable Jenkins builds (premerge) for 24.10 spark-rapids-ml	2024-07-25	2025-07-30	@NvTimLiu
- [X]	Update RAPIDS dependencies to 24.08 nightly	2024-08-02	2024-08-05	@lijinf2
- [X]	Update spark-rapids-ml package versions to 24.08	2024-08-02	2024-08-05	@eordentlich
- [X]	Update RAPIDS dependencies to 24.08 release	2024-08-16	2024-08-19	@eordentlich
- [X]	Burndown (no new features for current release)	2024-08-29	2024-08-30	Team
Staging release
- [X]	Make 24.10 the default branch	2024-09-06	2024-09-06	@pxLi
- [X]	Enable static scanning on the new 24.10 branches	2024-09-06	2024-09-06	@GaryShen2008
- [X]	Run benchmarking script on Databricks AWS	2024-09-03	2024-09-04	@eordentlich
- [X]	Merge all remaining branch-24.08 PRs	2024-09-05	2024-09-05	Team
- [X]	Create a PR (not squashed) to merge from branch-24.08 to main. Needs review from repository owner	2024-09-06	2024-09-06	@YanxuanLiu
- [X]	Trigger the release candidate for spark-rapids-ml Jenkins job on the main branch and deploy to PyPI Test	2024-09-06	2024-09-09	@YanxuanLiu
- [X]	QA testing with Snapshot	2024-09-02	2024-09-09	@johnzhong
- [X]	Deliver release candidate to QA	2024-09-06	2024-09-09	@YanxuanLiu
- [X]	QA testing of release candidate	2024-09-09	2024-09-19	@johnzhong
Release
- [X]	Tag the release and deploy the staging artifacts to PyPI	2024-09-19	2024-09-20	@YanxuanLiu

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24.08 released.