The main purpose of this release is to make sure that the deployment machinery still works, now that the `PYPI_PASSWORD` had to be replaced.
New features
* feat!: printing a typetracer array should not touch it by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3019
* feat: add to_parquet_dataset function by zbilodea in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/2898
* feat: adding support for numpy.real, imag, round, angle, by tcawlfield in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3053
Bug-fixes and performance
* fix: return ufunc as it is for user defined `vectorize`d funcs by Saransh-cpp in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3025
Other
* docs: fix styling of icons by agoose77 in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3042
* docs: add a link to documentation of AwkwardArray in Julia by ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3052
* ci: Make wheel building workflow reusable by matthewfeickert in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3016
* test: TEMPORARY edits to get tests working for all PRs: NumPy 2.0 cap and turned off Try-It by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3057
* chore: keeping CONTRIBUTING.md up to date (take 1) by jpivarski in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3038
* chore(deps): bump the actions group with 3 updates by dependabot in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3048
* chore: update pre-commit hooks by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3050
New Contributors
* tcawlfield made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3053
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.6.2...v2.6.3rc1