Improve cut and allow use in expressions (#9580)
clearer message when stringcache-related errors occur (#9715)
improve expression formatting (#9704)
set string cache in window functions (#9705)
raise on both sides of datetime/str comparison (#9692)
support deserializing struct json into df (#9688)
add tree formatter for expressions (#9684)
streamline adbc connectivity, adding snowflake support (#9600)
improve selector utility functions with better docstrings/examples (#9683)
add .list.any() and .list.all() (#9573)
extend dtype/selector matching for Datetime with a "*" wildcard for timezones (#9641)
add symmetric difference to list set operations (#9655)
Pass through stdin/stderr buffer in to_csv (#9624)
add dt.base_utc_offset (#9636)
add dt.dst_offset feature (#9629)
allow to specify index order in to_numpy (#9592)
accept expressions in repeat (#9614)
set operations for list (#9599)
make LazyFrame.map pickle (#9597)
add a new rows_by_key method, returning a keyed-dictionary of row data (#9567)
implement apply object -> struct (#9578)

🐞 Bug fixes

don't clear rev_map when categorical series is cle… (#9720)
fix(rust, python) improve glob pattern testing (#9721)
don't run hstack checks when using cached names (#9709)
fix result dtype in date_range(..., eager=True) if duration contains "1s1d" (#9670)
increment seed between samples (#9694)
fix cse_plan invalid projection removal (#9700)
fix ne_missing for booleans vs lit (#9693)
raise if to_datetime would have parsed input incorrectly (#9675)
respect time_zone in lazy date_range (#8591)
Align dependency versions (#9661)
redo weighted rolling var (#9609)
Correct weighted rolling quantile definition (#9608)
clear hashes buffer in generic streaming joins (#9612)
stable list namespace ouput when all elements are … (#9610)
address schema edge-case with scalar-expanded data that resolves to an empty frame (#9593)
handle dictionary init with unsized iterators that also hits the scalar-expansion fast path (#9594)
validate time zone in cast and from_arrow operations (#9598)
ensure from_dicts drops columns explicitly omitted from schema (#9581)
fix join suffix collision (#9579)
fix sum consistency (#9576)
fix take of array dtype (#9575)
fix predicate pushdown case before sort (#9574)
fix lazy schema of temporal_range functions when no alias is provided (#9543)
fix join validation when swapped (#9534)

🛠️ Other improvements

More cleanup for arange (#9681)
Fix some more type hints (#9716)
Added trivial examples for the aggregation of columns in groupby (#9708)
Fix some type hints (#9695)
additional ADBC examples and docstring information for read_database (inc snowflake) (#9686)
drop Python 3.7 support (#9679)
improve selector utility functions with better docstrings/examples (#9683)
refactor arange and add int_range/int_ranges (#9666)
Clarify Dataframe.corr operates on columns (#9678)
remove false "eager=True" from date_range tests (#9663)
Add examples to .merge_sorted (#9664)
bump maturin from 1.0.1 to 1.1.0 in /py-polars (#9646)
remove deprecation warning of already-enforced valid timezones change (#9639)
fix failing ci test (#9638)
fix inconsistency in .list.difference() example (#9615)
Clean up doctests for rolling (#9626)
fix faulty test of to_numpy (#9619)
examples for .list.union(), .list.difference(), .list.intersection() (#9602)
fix see also broken links (#9607)
clarify sortedness condition of groupby_dynamic and groupby_rolling (#9606)
clean up inconsistencies in duration string language (#9551)
Adding examples to binary functions (#9553)
Minor cleanup of arange (#9544)
Remove outdated badges from README (#9532)

Thank you to all our contributors for making this release possible! @MarcoGorelli, @alexander-beedie, @borchero, @datapythonista, @dependabot, @dependabot[bot], @eitsupi, @guanqun, @jeroenjanssens, @jorisSchaller, @kljensen, @magarick, @mcrumiller, @messense, @mishpat, @moritzwilksch, @ritchie46, @stinodego, @ttencate, @universalmind303 and @zundertj