Release 2023.5.1

[jrbourbeau]

Release version	2023.5.1
Planned release date	2023-05-26
Status	On-track
Release manager	@jrbourbeau

Best effort

Try to close before the release but will not block the release

• [x] https://github.com/dask/distributed/pull/7840
• [x] https://github.com/dask/dask/pull/10295

Blocker

Issues that would cause us to block and postpone the release if not fixed

• [x] https://github.com/dask/distributed/pull/7856
• [x] https://github.com/dask/dask-docker/pull/283

Comments

cc @quasiben @jacobtomlinson @fjetter @rjzamora

[jacobtomlinson]

I've opened https://github.com/dask/dask-docker/pull/283 to drop 3.8 from the docker image builds and makes 3.10 the new default. We should merge that before releasing.

[jrbourbeau]

All reported issues have been handled, so I'll start pushing the release out in a few minutes

[jrbourbeau]

2023.5.1 is on PyPI and conda-forge PRs are open:

• [x] https://github.com/conda-forge/dask-core-feedstock/pull/169
• [x] https://github.com/conda-forge/distributed-feedstock/pull/252
• [x] https://github.com/conda-forge/dask-feedstock/pull/223

[jrbourbeau]

Closing as conda-forge packages and docker images are out