Release tracker - 3.1.0

[ScottTodd]

Overview

Our previous stable release was cut on 2024-11-18: https://github.com/iree-org/iree/releases/tag/iree-3.0.0. We aim for roughly one stable release every 6 weeks. This issue tracks the release process for the next release.

Release process docs:

• https://iree.dev/developers/general/release-management/
• https://github.com/iree-org/iree/blob/main/RELEASING.md

Release checklist:

• [ ] Watch for major/breaking changes and decide to either batch them with this release or defer them until the next release
• [ ] Choose a release candidate from nightly releases to promote. The candidate should contain no major regressions and should include all packages, even those marked experimental in .github/workflows/build_package.yml like macOS and Windows packages.
• [ ] Compile release notes
• [ ] Promote to stable (on GitHub) and push packages to PyPI
• [ ] Roll forward downstream packages like iree-turbine and push similar package updates to PyPI
• [ ] Update release process docs for next time

Release notes

Commit range

• Previous release to main: https://github.com/iree-org/iree/compare/iree-3.0.0...main

(Contributors can edit this section as they land patches)

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Announcements:

Notable changes:

Full changelog: https://github.com/iree-org/iree/compare/iree-3.0.0...main

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