llvmlite 0.44.0 Final checklist

[kc611]

llvmlite 0.44.0 Final

• Cherry-pick items from the 0.44.0-final milestone into a PR targeting the release branch.
• Update CHANGE_LOG on cherry-pick-PR. (Changed version number and release date #1124)
• Have cherry-pick-PR reviewed and merged. no 🍒 for this one
• Test HEAD of release branch on buildfarm (pre-tag testing):
  • conda package build and test. llvmlite_328
  • wheel build. llvmlite_wheel_78
• Annotated tag v0.44.0 on release branch (llvmlite tags DO have a v prefix).
• Build and upload conda packages on buildfarm (check "upload"). llvmlite_329
• Build wheels and sdist on the buildfarm (check "upload"). llvmlite_wheel_80
• Verify packages uploaded to Anaconda Cloud and copy to numba/label/main.
• Upload wheels and sdist to PyPI. (upload from ci_artifacts).
• Verify wheels for all platforms arrived on PyPi. https://pypi.org/project/llvmlite/0.44.0/
• Verify ReadTheDocs build.
• Send RC/FINAL announcement email / post announcement to discourse group.
  • https://numba.discourse.group/t/ann-numba-0-61-0-llvmlite-0-44-0/2876
• Post link to Twitter and Mastodon and anywhere else that is appropriate. on hold

Post release

• Cherry-pick changes to the CHANGE_LOG to main. (FINAL ONLY) (Cherry-pick changes to the CHANGE_LOG to main #1133)
• Clean up ci_artifacts by moving files to subdirectories
• Update release checklist template with any additional bullet points that
  may have arisen during the release. none
• Ping Anaconda Distro team to trigger a build for defaults (FINAL ONLY).
• Close milestone (and then close this release issue).

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llvmlite needs to request more space on PyPi, otherwise the next release will fail:

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llvmlite needs to request more space on PyPi, otherwise the next release will fail:

pypi/support#5519

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@kc611 thank you very much, it's a wrap! 🎁