Changelog 24.9.0 (#5484)

* Update .authors.yml

* Update news

* Updated authorship for 24.9.0

* Updated CHANGELOG for 24.9.0

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Co-authored-by: Ken Odegard <kodegard@anaconda.com>
Co-authored-by: Katherine Kinnaman <kkinnaman@anaconda.com>

.authors.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   aliases:
   - Mike Sarahan
   - Michael Sarahan
-  num_commits: 2001
+  num_commits: 2002
   first_commit: 2015-09-04 21:31:08
 - name: Jonathan J. Helmus
   email: jjhelmus@gmail.com
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
   aliases:
   - MinRK
   github: minrk
-  num_commits: 17
+  num_commits: 18
   first_commit: 2014-02-13 19:43:59
 - name: Matty G
   email: meawoppl@gmail.com
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@
   alternate_emails:
   - becker.mr@gmail.com
   - beckermr@users.noreply.github.com
-  num_commits: 21
+  num_commits: 22
   first_commit: 2019-10-17 23:05:16
   github: beckermr
 - name: Jinzhe Zeng
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@
   github: pradghos
 - name: James Lamb
   email: jaylamb20@gmail.com
-  num_commits: 1
+  num_commits: 2
   first_commit: 2020-04-26 13:41:22
   github: jameslamb
 - name: Oleg Alexandrov
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@
   alternate_emails:
   - clee@anaconda.com
 - name: Ken Odegard
-  num_commits: 213
+  num_commits: 220
   email: kodegard@anaconda.com
   first_commit: 2020-09-08 19:53:41
   github: kenodegard
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   github: pre-commit-ci[bot]
   aliases:
   - pre-commit-ci[bot]
-  num_commits: 79
+  num_commits: 86
   first_commit: 2021-11-20 01:47:17
 - name: Jacob Walls
   email: jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@
   github: beeankha
   alternate_emails:
   - beeankha@gmail.com
-  num_commits: 34
+  num_commits: 43
   first_commit: 2022-01-19 16:40:06
 - name: Conda Bot
   email: 18747875+conda-bot@users.noreply.github.com
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@
   alternate_emails:
   - ad-team+condabot@anaconda.com
   - 18747875+conda-bot@users.noreply.github.com
-  num_commits: 58
+  num_commits: 62
   first_commit: 2022-01-17 18:09:22
 - name: Uwe L. Korn
   email: xhochy@users.noreply.github.com
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@
 - name: dependabot[bot]
   email: 49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
   github: dependabot[bot]
-  num_commits: 34
+  num_commits: 35
   first_commit: 2022-05-31 04:34:40
 - name: Serhii Kupriienko
   email: 79282962+skupr-anaconda@users.noreply.github.com

CHANGELOG.md

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 [//]: # (current developments)
 
+## 24.9.0 (2024-09-18)
+
+### Enhancements
+
+* Reduce render time when there is a large number of unused variants. (#5392)
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Ensure variables mentioned in `script_env` are undefined in the multi-output build environment
+  if they are undefined in the environment that `conda-build` is invoked from. (#5322)
+* Variables used in single-line jinja2 `for` and `set` statements are now properly included in the variant
+  matrix for some edge cases. (#5447)
+* Allow undefined jinja variables when a particular metadata block evaluates as skipped. (#5458)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* Remove `conda_build.build.check_external`. `patchelf` is an explicit conda-build dependency on Linux, so it will always be installed. (#5441)
+* Remove `conda_build.metadata._get_env_path`. Use `conda.base.context.locate_prefix_by_name` instead. (#5441)
+* Remove `conda_build.build._construct_metadata_for_test_from_recipe`. Test built packages instead, not recipes (e.g., `conda build --test package` instead of `conda build --test recipe/`). (#5478)
+
+### Contributors
+
+* @beeankha
+* @conda-bot
+* @jameslamb
+* @kenodegard
+* @beckermr
+* @msarahan
+* @minrk
+* @dependabot[bot]
+* @pre-commit-ci[bot]
+
+
+
 ## 24.7.1 (2024-07-30)
 
 ### Bug fixes