1.9.0
Improve contribution guidelines to make it easier for maintainers to assess the user facing value of issues/PRs (#33140)
MNT add GitHub Action to add and remove no-contribution warning (#33521)
Bump the actions group across 1 directory with 5 updates (#33917)
MNT add FUNDING.yml to setup GH sponsor button (#18651)
DOC Use a list instead of a checklist for AI disclosure (#34062)
CI Enable Dependabot and use full length commit SHA for PyPI publishing (#29180)
CI Add label on PRs modifying Cython code (#19850)
MNT Labels pull requests based on title with regex (#18168)