llvmlite 0.43.0rc1 Checklist

[stuartarchibald]

llvmlite 0.43.0rc1

• [x] Merge to main.
  • [x] None
• [x] Create 0.43 release branch release0.43 https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/tree/release0.43
  • [x] Update CHANGE_LOG in a PR targeting the release branch.
    • [x] https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/1047
  • [x] Follow the format of previous CHANGE_LOG entries.
• [x] Get the change-log-PR reviewed and merged.
• [x] Test HEAD of release branch on buildfarm (pre-tag testing):
  • [x] conda package build and test. llvmlite_280 llvmlite_281
  • [x] wheel build. llvmlite_wheel_63 llvmlite_wheel_64
• [x] Annotated tag v0.43.0rc1 on release branch (llvmlite tags DO have a v prefix). https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/releases/tag/v0.43.0rc1
• [x] Build and upload conda packages on buildfarm (check "upload"). llvmlite_282
• [x] Build wheels and sdist on the buildfarm (check "upload"). llvmlite_wheel_66
• [x] Verify packages uploaded to Anaconda Cloud and copy to numba/label/main. https://anaconda.org/numba/llvmlite/files?sort=basename&sort_order=desc&version=0.43.0rc1
• [x] Upload wheels and sdist to PyPI. (upload from ci_artifacts).
• [x] Verify wheels for all platforms arrived on PyPi. https://pypi.org/project/llvmlite/0.43.0rc1/
• [x] Initialize and verify ReadTheDocs build. https://llvmlite.readthedocs.io/en/v0.43.0rc1/release-notes.html
• [x] Send RC announcement email / post announcement to discourse group. https://numba.discourse.group/t/ann-numba-0-60-0rc1-llvmlite-0-43-0rc1/2565
• [x] Post link to X and Mastodon and anywhere else that is appropriate. https://twitter.com/numba_jit/status/1790717466915577961

Post Release:

• [x] Clean up ci_artifacts by moving files to subdirectories
• [x] Tag v0.44.0dev0 to start new development cycle on main. https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/releases/tag/v0.44.0dev0
• [x] Update release checklist template with any additional bullet points that may have arisen during the release.
• [x] Close milestone (and then close this release issue).

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This release had to be delayed due to a release critical bug in Numba. We expect this to be resolved on Monday and the target date to tag both Numba and llvmlite is now Tuesday 14th may.

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This release had to be delayed due to a release critical bug in Numba. We expect this to be resolved on Monday and the target date to tag both Numba and llvmlite is now Tuesday 14th may.

https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9568

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The release process has been resumed.

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it is done.