REL: Prepare for the NumPy 2.1.2 release [wheel build]

- Create 2.1.2-changelog.rst
- Update 2.1.2-notes.rst
- Update .mailmap

Author: charris

.mailmap

@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ Imen Rajhi <imen.rajhi.ir@gmail.com>
 Inessa Pawson <albuscode@gmail.com>
 Irina Maria Mocan <28827042+IrinaMaria@users.noreply.github.com>
 Irvin Probst <irvin.probst@ensta-bretagne.fr>
+Ishan Koradia <39583356+Ishankoradia@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ivan Meleshko <vn.mlshk@gmail.com>
 Isabela Presedo-Floyd <irpf.design@gmail.com> <ipresedo@calpoly.edu>
 Ganesh Kathiresan <ganesh3597@gmail.com>
@@ -620,6 +621,7 @@ Simon Gasse <simon.gasse@gmail.com>
 Simon Gasse <simon.gasse@gmail.com> <sgasse@users.noreply.github.com>
 Sista Seetaram <hanumaseetaram@gmail.com>
 Sista Seetaram <hanumaseetaram@gmail.com> <65669128+sistaseetaram@users.noreply.github.com>
+Slava Gorloff <31761951+gorloffslava@users.noreply.github.com>
 Søren Rasmussen <soren.rasmussen@alexandra.dk> <47032123+sorenrasmussenai@users.noreply.github.com>
 Spencer Hill <spencerahill@gmail.com> <shill@atmos.ucla.edu>
 Srimukh Sripada <git@srimukh.com>

doc/changelog/2.1.2-changelog.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+Contributors
+============
+
+A total of 11 people contributed to this release.  People with a "+" by their
+names contributed a patch for the first time.
+
+* Charles Harris
+* Chris Sidebottom
+* Ishan Koradia +
+* João Eiras +
+* Katie Rust +
+* Marten van Kerkwijk
+* Matti Picus
+* Nathan Goldbaum
+* Peter Hawkins
+* Pieter Eendebak
+* Slava Gorloff +
+
+Pull requests merged
+====================
+
+A total of 14 pull requests were merged for this release.
+
+* `#27333 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27333>`__: MAINT: prepare 2.1.x for further development
+* `#27400 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27400>`__: BUG: apply critical sections around populating the dispatch cache
+* `#27406 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27406>`__: BUG: Stub out get_build_msvc_version if distutils.msvccompiler...
+* `#27416 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27416>`__: BUILD: fix missing include for std::ptrdiff_t for C++23 language...
+* `#27433 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27433>`__: BLD: pin setuptools to avoid breaking numpy.distutils
+* `#27437 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27437>`__: BUG: Allow unsigned shift argument for np.roll
+* `#27439 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27439>`__: BUG: Disable SVE VQSort
+* `#27471 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27471>`__: BUG: rfftn axis bug
+* `#27479 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27479>`__: BUG: Fix extra decref of PyArray_UInt8DType.
+* `#27480 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27480>`__: CI: use PyPI not scientific-python-nightly-wheels for CI doc...
+* `#27481 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27481>`__: MAINT: Check for SVE support on demand
+* `#27484 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27484>`__: BUG: initialize the promotion state to be weak
+* `#27501 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27501>`__: MAINT: Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.20.0 to 2.21.2
+* `#27506 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27506>`__: BUG: avoid segfault on bad arguments in ndarray.__array_function__

doc/source/release/2.1.2-notes.rst

@@ -12,6 +12,37 @@ The Python versions supported by this release are 3.10-3.13.
 Contributors
 ============
 
+A total of 11 people contributed to this release.  People with a "+" by their
+names contributed a patch for the first time.
+
+* Charles Harris
+* Chris Sidebottom
+* Ishan Koradia +
+* João Eiras +
+* Katie Rust +
+* Marten van Kerkwijk
+* Matti Picus
+* Nathan Goldbaum
+* Peter Hawkins
+* Pieter Eendebak
+* Slava Gorloff +
+
 Pull requests merged
 ====================
 
+A total of 14 pull requests were merged for this release.
+
+* `#27333 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27333>`__: MAINT: prepare 2.1.x for further development
+* `#27400 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27400>`__: BUG: apply critical sections around populating the dispatch cache
+* `#27406 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27406>`__: BUG: Stub out get_build_msvc_version if distutils.msvccompiler...
+* `#27416 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27416>`__: BUILD: fix missing include for std::ptrdiff_t for C++23 language...
+* `#27433 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27433>`__: BLD: pin setuptools to avoid breaking numpy.distutils
+* `#27437 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27437>`__: BUG: Allow unsigned shift argument for np.roll
+* `#27439 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27439>`__: BUG: Disable SVE VQSort
+* `#27471 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27471>`__: BUG: rfftn axis bug
+* `#27479 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27479>`__: BUG: Fix extra decref of PyArray_UInt8DType.
+* `#27480 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27480>`__: CI: use PyPI not scientific-python-nightly-wheels for CI doc...
+* `#27481 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27481>`__: MAINT: Check for SVE support on demand
+* `#27484 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27484>`__: BUG: initialize the promotion state to be weak
+* `#27501 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27501>`__: MAINT: Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.20.0 to 2.21.2
+* `#27506 <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/27506>`__: BUG: avoid segfault on bad arguments in ndarray.__array_function__

numpy/distutils/mingw32ccompiler.py

@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@
 
 import distutils.cygwinccompiler
 from distutils.unixccompiler import UnixCCompiler
-from distutils.msvccompiler import get_build_version as get_build_msvc_version
+
+try:
+    from distutils.msvccompiler import get_build_version as get_build_msvc_version
+except ImportError:
+    def get_build_msvc_version():
+        return None
+
 from distutils.errors import UnknownFileError
 from numpy.distutils.misc_util import (msvc_runtime_library,
                                        msvc_runtime_version,

tools/lint_diff.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [pycodestyle]
-max_line_length = 79
+max_line_length = 88
 statistics = True
 ignore = E121,E122,E123,E125,E126,E127,E128,E226,E241,E251,E265,E266,E302,E402,E704,E712,E721,E731,E741,W291,W293,W391,W503,W504
 exclude = numpy/__config__.py,numpy/typing/tests/data,.spin/cmds.py