llvmlite 0.41.0 Checklist

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llvmlite 0.41.0 FINAL

• Cherry-pick items from the 0.41.0 milestone into a PR targeting the release branch.
  • Only a single issue https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/milestone/23?closed=1
• Update CHANGE_LOG on cherry-pick-PR.
• Have cherry-pick-PR reviewed and merged.
  • Release 0.41.0 FINAL #991
• Test HEAD of release branch on buildfarm (pre-tag testing):
  • conda package build and test. (llvmlite_240)
  • wheel build. (llvmlite_wheel_52)
• Annotated tag v0.41.0 on release branch (llvmlite tags DO have a v prefix).
  • https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/releases/tag/v0.41.0
• Build and upload conda packages on buildfarm (check "upload"). (llvmlite_241)
• Build wheels and sdist on the buildfarm (check "upload"). (llvmlite_wheel_53)
• Verify packages uploaded to Anaconda Cloud and move to numba/label/main.
  • https://anaconda.org/numba/llvmlite/files?sort=basename&sort_order=desc&version=0.41.0
• Upload wheels and sdist to PyPI. (upload from ci_artifacts).
• Verify wheels for all platforms arrived on PyPi.
  • https://pypi.org/project/llvmlite/0.41.0/#files
• Verify ReadTheDocs build.
  • https://llvmlite.readthedocs.io/en/v0.41.0/
• Send RC/FINAL announcement email / post announcement to discourse group.
  • https://numba.discourse.group/t/ann-numba-0-58-0-and-llvmlite-0-41-0/2148
• Post link to Twitter and Mastodon and anywhere else that is appropriate.
  • https://twitter.com/numba_jit/status/1704822285301911668

Post release

• Cherry-pick changes to the CHANGE_LOG to main. (FINAL ONLY)
  • Update changelog on main for 0.41.0 #993
• Clean up ci_artifacts by moving files to subdirectories
• Update release checklist template with any additional bullet points that
  may have arisen during the release. nothing needed updating.
• Ping Anaconda Distro team to trigger a build for defaults (FINAL ONLY).
• Close milestone (and then close this release issue).