Prepare for cuda.core v0.5.0 release (#1392)

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cuda_core/cuda/core/_version.py

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-__version__ = "0.4.2"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"

cuda_core/docs/source/api.rst

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ CUDA runtime
    Event
    MemoryResource
    DeviceMemoryResource
+   GraphMemoryResource
    PinnedMemoryResource
    ManagedMemoryResource
    LegacyPinnedMemoryResource

cuda_core/docs/source/release/0.5.0-notes.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+.. currentmodule:: cuda.core.experimental
+
+``cuda.core`` 0.5.0 Release Notes
+=================================
+
+
+Highlights
+----------
+
+- Added memory management support (allocation, deallocation, copy, and fill) for CUDA graphs.
+- Added :class:`PinnedMemoryResource` and :class:`ManagedMemoryResource` for advanced memory management.
+- Added peer access control to :class:`DeviceMemoryResource`.
+- Reduced Python overhead and improved performance for calling :func:`launch`, constructing :class:`LaunchConfig`, and accessing :class:`DeviceMemoryResource` attributes.
+
+
+Breaking Changes
+----------------
+
+The support for setting :attr:`VirtualMemoryResourceOptions.handle_type` to ``"win32"`` is removed. Please reach out to us on GitHub if you have a use case.
+
+The following APIs have been deprecated and will be removed in 0.6.0:
+
+- ``cuda.core.experimental.system.driver_version`` has been replaced with
+  ``cuda.core.experimental.system.get_driver_version()``.
+- ``cuda.core.experimental.system.num_devices`` has been replaced with
+  ``cuda.core.experimental.system.get_num_devices()``.
+- ``cuda.core.experimental.system.devices`` has been replaced with
+  ``cuda.core.experimental.Device.get_all_devices()``.
+
+Other changes:
+
+- The :meth:`utils.StridedMemoryView.__init__` constructor is deprecated in favor of the new ``from_*`` classmethods, see below.
+- Support for Python 3.9 and 3.13t is dropped.
+
+
+New features
+------------
+
+- Added :class:`GraphMemoryResource` for allocating and deallocating memory when building a CUDA graph.
+- Added :class:`PinnedMemoryResource` and :class:`PinnedMemoryResourceOptions` for managing host-pinned memory pools with optional IPC support.
+- Added :class:`ManagedMemoryResource` and :class:`ManagedMemoryResourceOptions` for managing unified memory pools accessible from both host and device.
+- Added :meth:`Buffer.fill` method for efficient memory initialization, supporting ``int``, ``bytes``,  and general buffer protocol objects.
+- :class:`Buffer` can now wrap external memory allocations with an owner object.
+- Added alternative constructors :meth:`~utils.StridedMemoryView.from_buffer`, :meth:`~utils.StridedMemoryView.from_dlpack`, and :meth:`~utils.StridedMemoryView.from_cuda_array_interface`
+  and a new property :attr:`~utils.StridedMemoryView.size` for :class:`~utils.StridedMemoryView`.
+- Added :meth:`ProgramOptions.as_bytes` and :meth:`LinkerOptions.as_bytes` public APIs for converting options to backend-specific byte representations.
+- Updated :class:`Device` constructor to accept either a :class:`Device` instance or a device ordinal (``int``).
+- Added :meth:`Device.get_all_devices` classmethod.
+- IPC-imported buffers can now be re-exported to other processes.
+
+
+New examples
+------------
+
+None.
+
+
+Fixes and enhancements
+----------------------
+
+- Most CUDA resources can be hashed now.
+- Python ``bool`` objects are now converted to C++ ``bool`` type when passed as kernel arguments (previously converted to ``int``).
+- Restored v0.3.x :class:`MemoryResource` behaviors and missing MR attributes for backward compatibility.
+- Added warning when multiprocessing start method is set to ``'fork'``.
+- Fixed potential memory leaks when DLPack capsule creation is interrupted.
+- Fixed :class:`VirtualMemoryResource` on Windows platforms.
+- Fixed NVRTC program name handling on Windows to avoid filesystem issues.
+- Improved test determinism by replacing OS sleep with GPU nanosleep kernel in event timing tests.
+- Fixed CUDA graph issues with ``cuda-python==12.6.*``.

cuda_core/docs/source/release/0.5.x-notes.rst

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ cu12 = { features = ["cu12", "test", "cython-tests"], solve-group = "cu12" }
 # TODO: check if these can be extracted from pyproject.toml
 [package]
 name = "cuda-core"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.5.0"
 
 [package.build]
 backend = { name = "pixi-build-python", version = "*" }