v1.2.0rc1

What's Changed

• relax setuptools version by @methane in #652
• update setuptools requirements to >=78.1.1 by @methane in #653
• cython: freethreading_compatible by @methane in #654
• drop Python 3.9 by @methane in #656
• update cython and cibuildwheel by @methane in #658
• ci: add riscv64 manylinux/musllinux wheels by @justeph in #664
• fix: check unpack_callback_uint32 result by @KowalskiThomas in #666
• fix: re-raise existing exception when available by @KowalskiThomas in #667
• fix: check return code in unpack_callback_int64 by @KowalskiThomas in #665
• Fixed README example by @vallsv in #668
• Bump the all-dependencies group with 6 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #669
• ci: use ubuntu-slim for lint by @methane in #670
• fix: enforce strict_map_key with object_pairs_hook by @KowalskiThomas in #673
• Raise DEFAULT_RECURSE_LIMIT from 511 to 1024 by @Copilot in #676
• fix: properly handle return codes in pack_timestamp by @KowalskiThomas in #672
• fix: avoid memory leak when decoding invalid nested arrays by @KowalskiThomas in #671
• Add missing autoreset in Packer.pack_ext_type by @bysiber in #663
• Add no-GIL interpreter support by @clin1234 in #641
• skip recursion limit test on free-threaded CPython builds by @methane in #679
• Fix Timestamp.from_datetime returning wrong value for pre-epoch datetimes by @bysiber in #662
• Add 3.15 to CI by @clin1234 in #678
• fix: use-after-free in get_data_from_buffer by @KowalskiThomas in #677
• change changelog format to markdown by @methane in #680
• Bump the all-dependencies group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #684
• Bump sys.setrecursionlimit within test_nest_limit_1024 by @clin1234 in #682
• Guard Packer buffer protocol hooks with Cython critical sections by @Copilot in #686
• Harden Unpacker.__init__ re-entry cleanup to prevent buffer/context leaks by @Copilot in #687
• release v1.2.0rc1 by @methane in #681
• Wheels CI hangs for MacOS Intel by @crusaderky in #689

New Contributors

• @justeph made their first contribution in #664
• @KowalskiThomas made their first contribution in #666
• @vallsv made their first contribution in #668
• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in #669
• @Copilot made their first contribution in #676
• @bysiber made their first contribution in #663
• @clin1234 made their first contribution in #641
• @crusaderky made their first contribution in #689

Full Changelog: v1.1.2...v1.2.0rc1