Release 24.11.x

[beeankha]

Summary

Placeholder for conda 24.11.x release.

Pilot	@ForgottenProgramme
Co-pilot	@travishathaway
Jumpseat	@kenodegard

Tasks

The week before release week

• Create release branch (named 24.11.x)
• Ensure release candidates are being successfully built (see conda-canary/label/rc-conda-24.11.x)
• Complete outstanding PRs
• Test release candidates

Tested by @ForgottenProgramme on MacOS, @beeankha on Windows
Deprecation:

• Deprecate unused conda.misc.rel_path #14338
• Drop Python 3.8 #14368
• Remove __conda_reactivate shell function #14277

Bug Fixes:

• Amend test suite for compatibility with libmamba v2 #13784
• Remove CreateNonAdminAction #14271
• Update deprecated.action() to account for positional arguments with no value specified #14359
• Fix .coverage upload to codecov. #14375
• Fix output writing for conda export --json --file <> #14323

Enhancements:

• Reporter backends plugin hook #14245
• Use python_site_packages_path when specified #14256
• Make request headers dynamic #14382
• Add a HTTP request headers plugin hook #14325

Release week

• Create release PR (see release process) Changelog 24.11.0 #14396
• Publish release https://github.com/conda/conda/releases/tag/24.11.0
• Merge 24.11.x back into main #14410
• Activate the 24.11.x branch on ReadTheDocs
• Feedstocks
  • Bump conda to 24.11.0 AnacondaRecipes/conda-feedstock#59
  • conda v24.11.0 conda-forge/conda-feedstock#243
• Hand off to the Anaconda packaging team
• Announce release
  • Blog Post (optional)
    • November Release Blogpost conda-dot-org#231
  • Long form
    • Create release announcement draft
    • Discourse
    • Matrix (conda/conda) (this auto posts from Discourse)
  • Summary
    • Twitter

Patch release 24.11.1

• 24.11.x Fixes denylist_channels channel bug 🐛 #14431
• Create release PR (see release process) Changelog 24.11.1 #14434
• Merge 24.11.x back into main #14437
• Publish release https://github.com/conda/conda/releases/tag/24.11.1
• Feedstocks
  • Release conda 24.11.1. AnacondaRecipes/conda-feedstock#60
  • conda v24.11.1 conda-forge/conda-feedstock#247
• Hand off to the Anaconda packaging team

Patch 24.11.2

• Revert "Remove __conda_reactivate shell function" #14454
• Revert removal of __conda_reactivate #14455
• Create release PR (see release process) Changelog 24.11.2 #14456
• Publish release https://github.com/conda/conda/releases/tag/24.11.2
• Merge 24.11.x back into main #14437
• Feedstocks
  • conda 24.11.2 AnacondaRecipes/conda-feedstock#62
  • conda 24.11.2 conda-forge/conda-feedstock#248
• Hand off to the Anaconda packaging team

Patch 24.11.3

• Fix recursion error in conda.sh's __conda_reactivate #14468
• Create release PR (see release process) Changelog 24.11.3 #14473
• Publish release https://github.com/conda/conda/releases/tag/24.11.3
• Merge 24.11.x back into main #14437
• Feedstocks
  • conda 24.11.3 AnacondaRecipes/conda-feedstock#63
  • conda v24.11.3 conda-forge/conda-feedstock#254
• Hand off to the Anaconda packaging team