Nox

We'd like to thank the following folks who contributed to this release:
- cjolowicz
- henryiii
- mayeut

New features:
* Added support for [PEP 723](https://peps.python.org/pep-0723/) (inline script metadata) with `nox.project.load_toml` by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/811
* Added support for `micromamba` by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/807
* Added `venv_backend` property to sessions by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/798
* Added the ability to use `None` to remove environment variables by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/812
* Added support for skipping sessions by default using `default=False` by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/810

Bugfixes

* Use static arguments instead of `**kwargs` by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/815
* Do not depend on `pipx` in Nox GitHub action by mayeut in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/768
* Disallow `UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON` by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/817
* Ensure 'uv' always works in a uv venv by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/818
* Look for `uv` next to `python` if it's not on `PATH` by cjolowicz in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/795
* Fixed missing f-string in `--help` message by cjolowicz in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/790
* Don't error if not installing to passthrough by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/809
* Avoid mixing `venv` and `conda` from environment by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/804
* Skip test for conda env when `conda` isn't installed by cjolowicz in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/794

We'd like to thank the following folks who contributed to this release:
- DiddiLeija
- MicaelJarniac
- chrysle
- edgarrmondragon
- fazledyn-or
- franekmagiera
- frenzymadness
- henryiii
- johnthagen
- mayeut
- patrick91
- q0w
- samypr100
- scop
- stasfilin
- stefanv

New Features:
* Add `uv` backend by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/762
* Add venv backend fallback by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/787
* Add option `--reuse-venv {yes,no,never,always}` by samypr100 in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/730
* Add environment variable `NOX_DEFAULT_VENV_BACKEND` for default backend by edgarrmondragon in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/780
* Rename `session.run_always` to `session.run_install` by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/770
* Add more option argument completions by scop in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/707
* Implement `tox-to-nox` for tox 4 by frenzymadness in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/687
* Allow `--force-python` on unparametrized sessions by chrysle in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/756
* Add `include_outer_env` parameter to `session.run` and friends by franekmagiera in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/652
* GitHub Action: Add support for the `~` version specifier by mayeut in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/712

Bugfixes:
* Rebuild environment when changing to an incompatible backend type by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/781
* Warn user when first argument to `session.run` is a list by stefanv in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/786
* Allow overriding `nox.options.sessions` with `--tags` by q0w in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/684
* Allow overriding `NO_COLOR` with `--force-color` by stasfilin in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/723
* Fix `nox.options.error_on_missing_interpreters` when running in CI by samypr100 in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/725

Documentation Improvements:
* Create an official Nox badge by johnthagen in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/714 and https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/715
* Add recipe for generating a matrix with GitHub Actions by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/696
* Update some links by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/774

Internal Changes:
* fix: always pull versions from metadata by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/782
* chore: ruff moved to astral-sh by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/722
* Use double quotes instead of single in github actions examples by patrick91 in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/724
* tests: fixes when running locally by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/721
* chore: modernize Ruff config, bump pre-commit by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/744
* chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by dependabot in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/738
* chore: ruff-format by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/745
* chore(action): update default python-versions by mayeut in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/767
* chore(ci): allow manual runs on branches without a PR by mayeut in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/766
* chore(ci): bump actions/setup-python & conda-incubator/setup-miniconda by mayeut in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/765
* ci: group dependabot updates by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/755
* fix(types): improve typing by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/720
* ci: fix coverage combine for different OS's by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/778
* ci: update to artifacts v2 by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/772
* ci: remove skipped job & combine (faster) by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/771
* chore: cleanup Ruff a bit by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/783
* chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by dependabot in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/784
* style: add type hints, update few functions by stasfilin in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/728
* Include Python 3.12 in GHA by DiddiLeija in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/743
* Allow tests to pass in environments where NO_COLOR=1 is set by edgarrmondragon in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/777
* tests: support running when the Python launcher for UNIX is present by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/775
* chore: drop unneeded config option by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/773
* Bump minimum virtualenv to 20.14.1 by johnthagen in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/747
* chore: save session name in `Func` by MicaelJarniac in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/718
* Removed the problematic Python 2.7.18 version by stasfilin in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/726
* Fixed Improper Method Call: Replaced `NotImplementedError` by fazledyn-or in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/749

We'd like to thank the following folks who contributed to this release:
- crwilcox
- dcermak
- edgarrmondragon
- FollowTheProcess
- henryiii
- reaperhulk
- scop

New Features:
- Add support for `NOXPYTHON`, `NOXEXTRAPYTHON` and `NOXFORCEPYTHON` by edgarrmondragon in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/688
- feat: --json --list-sessions by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/665

Documentation Improvements:
- style: spelling and grammar fixes by scop in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/682
- Add invite link to the discord server to CONTRIBUTING.md by dcermak in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/679

Internal Changes:
- chore: update pre-commit hooks by edgarrmondragon in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/690
- chore: move to using Ruff by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/691
- Fix assertion in GHA tests by FollowTheProcess in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/670
- ci: some minor fixes by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/675
- Constrain tox to <4.0.0 and minor fixes by FollowTheProcess in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/677
- chore: long term fix for bugbear opinionated checks by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/678
- chore: switch to hatchling by henryiii in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/659
- Don't run python 2.7 virtualenv tests for newer versions of virtualenv by crwilcox in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/702
- allow the use of argcomplete 3 by reaperhulk in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/700
- fix: enable `list_sessions` for session completion by scop in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/699
- chore: remove 3.6 tests, min version is 3.7 by crwilcox in https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/pull/703

We'd like to thank the following folks who contributed to this release:
- airtower-luna
- DiddiLeija
- FollowTheProcess
- henryiii
- hynek
- Julian
- nhtsai
- paw-lu

New features:
- Include Python 3.11 classifier & testing (655)

Improvements:
- Fixed a few typos (661, 660)
- Drop dependency on `py` (647)
- `nox.session.run` now accepts a `pathlib.Path` for the command (649)
- Document `nox.session.run`'s `stdout` and `stderr` arguments and add example of capturing output (651)

Bugfixes:
- GitHub Action: replace deprecated set-output command (668)
- GitHub Action: point docs to 2022.8.7 not latest (664)
- Docs: fix argument passing in `session.posargs` example (653)
- Include GitHub action helper in `MANIFEST.in` (645)

Internal changes:
- GitHub Action: move to 3.11 final (667)
- Cleanup Python 2 style code (657)
- Update tools used in pre-commit (646, 656)

We'd like to thank the following folks who contributed to this release:
- CN-M
- crwilcox
- DiddiLeija
- edgarrmondragon
- FollowTheProcess
- hauntsaninja
- henryiii
- johnthagen
- jwodder
- ktbarrett
- mayeut
- meowmeowmeowcat
- NickleDave
- raddessi
- zhanpon

Removals:
- Drop support for Python 3.6 (526)
- Disable running `session.install` outside a venv (580)

New features:
- Official Nox GitHub Action (594, 606, 609, 620, 629, 637, 632, 633)
- Missing interpreters now error the session on CI by default (567)
- Allow configurable child shutdown timeouts (565)
- Add session tags (627)
- Add short `-N` alias for `--no-reuse-existing-virtualenvs` (639)
- Export session name in `NOX_CURRENT_SESSION` environment variable (641)

Improvements:
- Add `VENV_DIR` to `dev` session in cookbook (591)
- Fix typo in `tutorial.rst` (586)
- Use consistent spelling for Nox in documentation (581)
- Support descriptions in `tox-to-nox` (575)
- Document that `silent=True` returns the command output (578)
- Support argcomplete v2 (564)

Bugfixes:
- Fix incorrect `FileNotFoundError` in `load_nox_module` (571)

Internal changes:
- Update the classifiers, documentation, and more to point to the new Winterbloom location (587)
- Support PEP 621 (`pyproject.toml`) (616, 619)
- Configure language code to avoid warning on sphinx build (626)
- Use latest GitHub action runners and include macOS (613)
- Jazz up the README with some badges/logo etc. (605, 614)
- Prefer type checking against Jinja2 (610)
- Introduce GitHub issue forms (600, 603, 608)
- Full strictness checking on mypy (595, 596)
- Drop 99% coverage threshold flag for 3.10 in noxfile (593)
- Create a `requirements-dev.txt` (582)
- Use `myst-parser` for Markdown docs (561)

Claudio Jolowicz, Diego Ramirez, and Tom Fleet have become maintainers of Nox. We'd like to thank the following folks who contributed to this release:

- brettcannon
- cjolowicz
- dhermes
- DiddiLeija
- FollowTheProcess
- franekmagiera
- henryiii
- jugmac00
- maciej-lech
- nawatts
- Tolker-KU

New features:
- Add `mamba` backend (444, 448, 546, 551)
- Add `session.debug` to show debug-level messages (489)
- Add cookbook page to the documentation (483)
- Add support for the `FORCE_COLOR` environment variable (524, 548)
- Allow using `session.chdir()` as a context manager (543)
- Deprecate use of `session.install()` without a valid backend (537)

Improvements:
- Test against Python 3.10 (495, 502, 506)
- Add support for the `channel` option when using the `conda` backend (522)
- Show more specific error message when the `--keywords` expression contains a syntax error (493)
- Include reference to `session.notify()` in tutorial page (500)
- Document how `session.run()` fails and how to handle failures (533)
- Allow the list of sessions to be empty (523)

Bugfixes:
- Fix broken temporary directory when using `session.chdir()` (555, 556)
- Set the `CONDA_PREFIX` environment variable (538)
- Fix `bin` directory for the `conda` backend on Windows (535)

Internal changes:
- Replace deprecated `load_module` with `exec_module` (498)
- Include tests with source distributions (552)
- Add missing copyright notices (509)
- Use the new ReadTheDocs configurations (527)
- Bump the Python version used by ReadTheDocs to 3.8 (496)
- Improve the Sphinx config file (499)
- Update all linter versions (528)
- Add pre-commit and new checks (530, 539)
- Check `MANIFEST.in` during CI (552)
- Remove redundant `LICENSE` from `MANIFEST.in` (505)
- Make `setuptools` use the standard library's `distutils` to work around `virtualenv` bug. (547, 549)
- Use `shlex.join()` when logging a command (490)
- Use `shutil.rmtree()` over shelling out to `rm -rf` in noxfile (519)
- Fix missing Python 3.9 CI session (529)
- Unpin docs session and add `--error-on-missing-interpreter` to CI (532)
- Enable color output from Nox, pytest, and pre-commit during CI (542)
- Only run `conda_tests` session by default if user has conda installed (521)
- Update dependencies in `requirements-conda-test.txt` (536)