10.8.beta8

What's Changed

• Make tests pass with GAP 4.15 by @antonio-rojas in #40919
• Use flint for computing charpoly of rational matrix by @user202729 in #40976
• implement the lattice of Baxter permutations by @fchapoton in #40997
• make use of the b-file by @mantepse in #41013
• Fix some typos in p-adic code by @user202729 in #41018
• Refactor atexit.pyx by @cxzhong in #41021
• Avoid excessive parallelism for doc/bootstrap by @user202729 in #41027
• Fix sageinspect for Python 3.14 by @cxzhong in #41032
• bump (tex)info to the the latest version, 7.2 by @dimpase in #41034
• Remove tomli by @cxzhong in #41036
• Enable save/load to accept Path objects by @edgarcosta in #41037
• refuse to compare two ideals that we don't know how to compare by @yyyyx4 in #41040
• better error message in magma_free when timeout by @fchapoton in #41041
• fix deprecation message in banner.py by @dimpase in #41050
• Ensure connected graphs in tests by @whoami730 in #41052
• require 6 to be a unit in elliptic-curve point addition over non-fields by @yyyyx4 in #41055
• Fix libgap conversion of large Python integers and Sage integers by @cxzhong in #41057
• remove some deprecated stuff in rings/ by @fchapoton in #41058
• convert some loops in groups to python-style by @fchapoton in #41059
• remove deprecations in finite_rings by @fchapoton in #41062
• Fix missing file error with sage_getdoc by @user202729 in #41071
• relax Python version constraints in pyproject template by @dimpase in #41074
• change the default algorithm to the faster one in {path, cycle}_enumeration by @kappybar in #41076
• Docutils 0.22 compatibility by @antonio-rojas in #41078
• Fix majorization again by @orlitzky in #41082
• remove old-style _coerce_impl in abvar/ by @fchapoton in #41087
• remove _coerce_impl in finite_rings by @fchapoton in #41088
• various small things about len by @fchapoton in #41089
• tweak annotations for cachefunc by @fchapoton in #41092
• Update maxima package use flags for Gentoo by @dimpase in #41093
• Add some missing docstrings to multi_polynomial_ring_base.pyx by @r-mb in #41094
• Fix bug with creation of extensions of function fields by @r-mb in #41096
• Hypergeometric Functions by @FloFuer in #41102
• some python-style for loops in rings/padics by @fchapoton in #41103
• never append ':' to the end of PKG_CONFIG_PATH in .homebrew-build-env by @dimpase in #41104
• Migrate from Maxima pexpect interface to ECL interface by @tobiasdiez in #40265
• Refactor sage.groups.generic by @user202729 in #40527
• Fix fricas doctest pickling by @cxzhong in #40570
• remove boost_cropped spkg, add boost to prereqs by @dimpase in #40689
• Avoid mutate Integer.value at a few more places, remove sig_occurred() check in Integer fast_tp_dealloc by @user202729 in #40734
• Fix-40738: Fix ExteriorAlgebra multiplication to preserve symbolic coefficients by @Hapsa21 in #40741
• Improve shell code formatting in docs, second part by @enriqueartal in #40742
• Update curl and cmake by @cxzhong in #40775
• Remove magic # sage_setup comments and their handling by @tobiasdiez in #40801
• Fix singular Z2m ring creation and polynomial comparison by @user202729 in #40855
• spkg bumps for Python 3.14 by @dimpase in #40892
• cli: Allow importing modules from the current directory when running a command or a file. by @antonio-rojas in #40912
• Add methods related to graph homeomorphisms by @dcoudert in #40934
• Fix finite field GF(p).extension(1, names=tuple) by @user202729 in #40947
• Fix libgap() by @user202729 in #40973
• Add debian-forky to Meson CI by @tobiasdiez in #41029
• Define a SAGE_CONFIGURE_BOOST environment variable in the build shell by @vbraun in #41030
• modernize for loops in modules/ by @fchapoton in #41051

New Contributors

• @FloFuer made their first contribution in #41102
• @Hapsa21 made their first contribution in #40741

Full Changelog: 10.8.beta7...10.8.beta8