v2.18.0

What's Changed

• chore(docs): reset release notes as unreleased by @jhamman in #1776
• Bump codecov/codecov-action from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #1647
• Update release.rst for v2.17.2 by @MSanKeys963 in #1778
• Deprecate the experimental v3 implementation by @jhamman in #1802
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #1779
• Fix is_total_slice for size-1 dimensions by @dcherian in #1800
• add note to the top of the release page noting the plan for 2.18.* and 3.0 by @jhamman in #1816
• Bump conda-incubator/setup-miniconda from 3.0.3 to 3.0.4 by @dependabot in #1824
• dep(docs): deprecate experimental v3 support in docs by @jhamman in #1807
• Bump h5py from 3.10.0 to 3.11.0 by @dependabot in #1786
• Bump redis from 5.0.3 to 5.0.4 by @dependabot in #1810
• deprecate(stores): add deprecation warnings to stores that we plan to remove in v3 by @jhamman in #1801
• use np.inf instead of PINF/NINF by @jhamman in #1842
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #1825
• Enable ruff/bugbear rules (B) and fix issues by @DimitriPapadopoulos in #1702
• Release notes for 2.18.0 by @jhamman in #1843

Full Changelog: v2.17.2...v2.18.0