Merge pull request #25770 from charris/prepare-1.26.4

REL: Prepare for the NumPy 1.26.4 release

doc/changelog/1.26.4-changelog.rst

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+
+Contributors
+============
+
+A total of 13 people contributed to this release.  People with a "+" by their
+names contributed a patch for the first time.
+
+* Charles Harris
+* Elliott Sales de Andrade
+* Lucas Colley +
+* Mark Ryan +
+* Matti Picus
+* Nathan Goldbaum
+* Ola x Nilsson +
+* Pieter Eendebak
+* Ralf Gommers
+* Sayed Adel
+* Sebastian Berg
+* Stefan van der Walt
+* Stefano Rivera
+
+Pull requests merged
+====================
+
+A total of 19 pull requests were merged for this release.
+
+* `#25323 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25323>`__: BUG: Restore missing asstr import
+* `#25523 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25523>`__: MAINT: prepare 1.26.x for further development
+* `#25539 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25539>`__: BUG: ``numpy.array_api``: fix ``linalg.cholesky`` upper decomp...
+* `#25584 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25584>`__: CI: Bump azure pipeline timeout to 120 minutes
+* `#25585 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25585>`__: MAINT, BLD: Fix unused inline functions warnings on clang
+* `#25599 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25599>`__: BLD: include fix for MinGW platform detection
+* `#25618 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25618>`__: TST: Fix test_numeric on riscv64
+* `#25619 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25619>`__: BLD: fix building for windows ARM64
+* `#25620 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25620>`__: MAINT: add ``newaxis`` to ``__all__`` in ``numpy.array_api``
+* `#25630 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25630>`__: BUG: Use large file fallocate on 32 bit linux platforms
+* `#25643 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25643>`__: TST: Fix test_warning_calls on Python 3.12
+* `#25645 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25645>`__: TST: Bump pytz to 2023.3.post1
+* `#25658 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25658>`__: BUG: Fix AVX512 build flags on Intel Classic Compiler
+* `#25670 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25670>`__: BLD: fix potential issue with escape sequences in ``__config__.py``
+* `#25718 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25718>`__: CI: pin cygwin python to 3.9.16-1 and fix typing tests [skip...
+* `#25720 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25720>`__: MAINT: Bump cibuildwheel to v2.16.4
+* `#25748 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25748>`__: BLD: unvendor meson-python on 1.26.x and upgrade to meson-python...
+* `#25755 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25755>`__: MAINT: Include header defining backtrace
+* `#25756 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25756>`__: BUG: Fix np.quantile([Fraction(2,1)], 0.5) (#24711)

doc/source/release/1.26.4-notes.rst

@@ -5,14 +5,53 @@ NumPy 1.26.4 Release Notes
 ==========================
 
 NumPy 1.26.4 is a maintenance release that fixes bugs and regressions
-discovered after the 1.26.3 release. The most notable changes are the f2py bug
-fixes. The Python versions supported by this release are 3.9-3.12.
+discovered after the 1.26.3 release. The Python versions supported by this
+release are 3.9-3.12. This is the last planned release in the 1.26.x series.
 
 
 Contributors
 ============
 
+A total of 13 people contributed to this release.  People with a "+" by their
+names contributed a patch for the first time.
+
+* Charles Harris
+* Elliott Sales de Andrade
+* Lucas Colley +
+* Mark Ryan +
+* Matti Picus
+* Nathan Goldbaum
+* Ola x Nilsson +
+* Pieter Eendebak
+* Ralf Gommers
+* Sayed Adel
+* Sebastian Berg
+* Stefan van der Walt
+* Stefano Rivera
+
 
 Pull requests merged
 ====================
 
+A total of 19 pull requests were merged for this release.
+
+* `#25323 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25323>`__: BUG: Restore missing asstr import
+* `#25523 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25523>`__: MAINT: prepare 1.26.x for further development
+* `#25539 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25539>`__: BUG: ``numpy.array_api``: fix ``linalg.cholesky`` upper decomp...
+* `#25584 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25584>`__: CI: Bump azure pipeline timeout to 120 minutes
+* `#25585 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25585>`__: MAINT, BLD: Fix unused inline functions warnings on clang
+* `#25599 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25599>`__: BLD: include fix for MinGW platform detection
+* `#25618 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25618>`__: TST: Fix test_numeric on riscv64
+* `#25619 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25619>`__: BLD: fix building for windows ARM64
+* `#25620 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25620>`__: MAINT: add ``newaxis`` to ``__all__`` in ``numpy.array_api``
+* `#25630 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25630>`__: BUG: Use large file fallocate on 32 bit linux platforms
+* `#25643 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25643>`__: TST: Fix test_warning_calls on Python 3.12
+* `#25645 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25645>`__: TST: Bump pytz to 2023.3.post1
+* `#25658 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25658>`__: BUG: Fix AVX512 build flags on Intel Classic Compiler
+* `#25670 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25670>`__: BLD: fix potential issue with escape sequences in ``__config__.py``
+* `#25718 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25718>`__: CI: pin cygwin python to 3.9.16-1 and fix typing tests [skip...
+* `#25720 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25720>`__: MAINT: Bump cibuildwheel to v2.16.4
+* `#25748 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25748>`__: BLD: unvendor meson-python on 1.26.x and upgrade to meson-python...
+* `#25755 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25755>`__: MAINT: Include header defining backtrace
+* `#25756 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25756>`__: BUG: Fix np.quantile([Fraction(2,1)], 0.5) (#24711)
+