Release Version 2.6.0 · scikit-hep/awkward

From this point onward, awkward strictly depends on fsspec.

New features

feat: turn on CUDA unit tests for working kernels and add some CUDA kernels by @ManasviGoyal in #2930
feat: add string builder by @lobis in #2899
feat: add to_parquet_row_groups by @zbilodea in #2979
feat!: array is no longer allowed on NumpyArray and EmptyArray by @jpivarski in #2997

fix: delete header-only/tests/test_1542-array-builder.cpp by @ianna in #2981
fix: use std::tuple_element_t as an OptionType type alias by @ianna in #2977
fix: generate error message and tests for CUDA and CPU kernels by @ManasviGoyal in #2989
fix: ak.merge_union_of_records error message for cases that can't use axis < 0 by @jpivarski in #2995

test: don't fail fast (so pypy doesn't stop the tests) by @jpivarski in #2956
test: generate unit tests for cpu and cuda by @ManasviGoyal in #2938
test: update test_2799 for Numba 0.59.0 by @jpivarski in #2998
docs: add zonca as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #2959
docs: add chrisburr as a contributor for infra by @allcontributors in #2960
docs: add zbilodea as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #2961
docs: add raymondEhlers as a contributor for maintenance by @allcontributors in #2962
docs: add mloning as a contributor for doc by @allcontributors in #2963
docs: add kkothari2001 as a contributor for code, and test by @allcontributors in #2964
docs: add jrueb as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #2965
docs: add Moelf as a contributor for doc by @allcontributors in #2966
docs: update dependencies by @agoose77 in #2986
chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2948
chore(deps): bump the actions group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #2980
chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2982
chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2991
chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #2990
chore: fsspec is now a strict (required) dependency by @jpivarski in #2996

Full Changelog: v2.5.2...v2.6.0