llvmlite 0.40.0rc1 Checklist

[stuartarchibald]

llvmlite 0.40.0

• [x] Merge to main.
  • [x] "remaining Pull-Requests from milestone".
    • [x] ~#917~ https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/931
    • [x] #932
• [x] Merge change log changes.
  • [x] https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/930
• [x] Create 0.40 release branch release0.40
• [x] Annotated tag v0.40.0rc1 on release branch (llvmlite tags DO have a v prefix).
• [x] Build and upload conda packages on buildfarm (check "upload"). llvmlite_195
• [x] Build wheels and sdist on the buildfarm (check "upload"). llvmlite_wheel_40
• [x] Verify packages uploaded to Anaconda Cloud and move to numba/label/main. https://anaconda.org/numba/llvmlite/files?version=0.40.0rc1
• [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/0.40.0rc1/
• [x] Initialize and verify ReadTheDocs build. https://llvmlite.readthedocs.io/en/v0.40.0rc1
• [x] Send RC announcement email / post announcement to discourse group. https://numba.discourse.group/t/ann-numba-0-57-0rc1-and-llvmlite-0-40-0rc1/1879
• [ ] Post link to Twitter.

Post Release:

• [x] Clean up ci_artifacts.
• [x] Tag 0.41.0dev0 to start new development cycle on main.
• [x] Update release checklist template with any additional bullet points that may have arisen during the release.
• [ ] Close milestone (and then close this release issue).

[sklam]

There are two set of wheels uploaded for non-linux platform because the first set (no build number) incorrectly linked to llvmdev=11 (instead of llvmdev=14). The second set fixed this issue and bumped the build number to 1. Again, this only affected non-linux wheels.

pip install llvmlite==0.40.0rc1 will get the correct second set automatically.