add update method to ldf/df (#6787)
accept separator for pivot and to_dummies (#6780)
feat(rust, python) rename 'tz' to 'time_zone' in convert_time_zone and replace_time_zone (#6784)
Allow other expressions for default arg in map_dict (#6781)
minor ergonomic affordance; allow pl.concat from generator expression (#6779)
rename with_time_zone to convert_time_zone and cast_time_zone to replace_time_zone (#6768)
Add map_dict expression. (#5899)
support timezone in csv writer (#6722)
default to 1d interval in date_range (#6771)
parse timezone from Datetime (#6766)
Add option to use PyArrow backed-extension arrays when … (#6756)
formally support duration division (#6758)
add argmin/max for utf8 data (#6746)
Improve numpy support: conversion of numpy arrays with … (#6738)
Improved assert equal messages (#6737)
Support an ignore_nulls param for EWM calculations. (#5749) (#6742)
scan_ds predicate pushdown for string cmp (#6734)
don't require pyarrow for utf8 -> numpy conversion (#6733)
More ergonomic with_columns args (#6686)
feat(python):Add return_as_string arg to DF.glimpse; default=False (#6678)
better-characterise NotFound exceptions (#6670)
disallow with_time_zone from/to tz-naive (#6659)
More ergonomic select args (#6667)
let cast_time_zone work on tz-naive and deprecate tz-localize (#6649)
improved exceptions on attempt to use invalid schema/dtypes (#6653)

🐞 Bug fixes

always rechunk if n_chunks > n_rows (#6786)
fix ndjson empty array parsing (#6785)
make some list expressions aware of groupby context (#6776)
use explicit drop function node (#6769)
don't set sorted flag if we reverse sort the left … (#6772)
handle edge-case with string-literal replacement when the replace value looks like a capture group (#6765)
respect skip_rows in glob parsing csv (#6754)
Improve error message in DataFrame constructor (#6715)
arrow map dtype conversion (#6732)
respect 'None' in from_dicts (#6726)
dedicated rename implementation. (#6688)
return correct display/repr names for NaN-related expressions (#6721)
strftime with time zone directive (#6673)
typing for Series methods that can return None (#6690)
ensure that iter_rows always returns all values from all chunks/batches in accelerated codepath (#6708)
Support numpy ufunc when expression not first arg (#6675)
Raise ValueError on adding float to Series of dtype date (#6677)
remove uses of rayon global thread pool (#6682)
true-divide output type (#6665)
improve behaviour of dict-expansion (scalars) when mixed with numpy arrays (#6663)
Preserve Expr name in is_between (#6661)
Tiny improvement of Field repr (#6640)

🛠️ Other improvements

Update mypy to version 1.0.0 (#6744)
integrate ignore_nulls into EWM parametric tests (#6751)
redirect tz_localize (#6749)
Reorganize benchmark test folder (#6695)
Split long test modules (namespaces) (#6668)
Use pytest marker for slow tests (#6642)
unify nan_to_null and nan_to_none parameter names, expose to DataFrame init, add test coverage (#6637)
update extend_constant docs/typing (and test coverage) (#6646)

Thank you to all our contributors for making this release possible! @AnatolyBuga, @MarcoGorelli, @MatveyF, @alexander-beedie, @ghuls, @jgmartin, @phaile2, @plaflamme, @ritchie46, @sorhawell, @stinodego, @yuntai and @zundertj