Version 2.8.0

[ianna]

New features

• feat: implement virtual arrays by @ikrommyd in feat: implement virtual arrays #3364

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: Drop timezone in from_arrow by @martindurant in fix: Drop timezone in from_arrow #3392
• fix: typo/bug in to_nplike by @ikrommyd in fix: typo/bug in to_nplike #3400
• fix: mark awkward as freedthread safe with pybind11 by @lgray in fix: mark awkward as freedthread safe with pybind11 #3396
• fix: numexpr: no local_dict.clear() on Python 3.13 by @bnavigator in fix: numexpr: no local_dict.clear() on Python 3.13 #3404
• fix: jax backend tracer leaks by @pfackeldey in fix: jax backend tracer leaks #3405
• fix: structure removal order for unions by @pfackeldey in fix: structure removal order for unions #3397
• fix: maintain tupleness of RecordForms when using _select_columns and _prune_columns by @ariostas in fix: maintain tupleness of RecordForms when using _select_columns and _prune_columns #3410
• fix: ruff linting by @ianna in fix: ruff linting #3423
• fix: ak.almost_equal and ak.array_equal should check that jagged arrays have the same offsets by @ikrommyd in fix: ak.almost_equal and ak.array_equal should check that jagged arrays have the same offsets #3425
• fix: cleanup ruff linter errors by @ianna in fix: cleanup ruff linter errors #3430
• fix: index with int in unionarray.py by @ianna in fix: index with int in unionarray.py #3419
• fix: an Index's data should be passed into array_equal, not the Index itself by @ikrommyd in fix: an Index's data should be passed into array_equal, not the Index itself #3432

Other

• docs: add ak.zip_no_broadcast and ak.with/without_named_axis to public API docs by @ikrommyd in docs: add ak.zip_no_broadcast and ak.with/without_named_axis to public API docs #3399
• docs: fix array_equal reference guide by @ianna in docs: fix array_equal reference guide #3424
• docs: add ikrommyd as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in docs: add ikrommyd as a contributor for code #3427
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3394
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3398
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3406
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3408
• chore: update ROOT test platform to ubuntu-latest by @ianna in chore: update ROOT test platform to ubuntu-latest #3409
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3415
• chore(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates #3411
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3417

New Contributors

• @ikrommyd made their first contribution in docs: add ak.zip_no_broadcast and ak.with/without_named_axis to public API docs #3399
• @bnavigator made their first contribution in fix: numexpr: no local_dict.clear() on Python 3.13 #3404

Full Changelog: v2.7.4...v2.8.0

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