Release v0.20.0: Pyarrow dtype support

[cosmicBboy]

⭐️ Highlights

• Pandera now supports pyarrow datatypes in the pandera validation engine! Big shoutout to @aaravind100 for the heavy lifting here.
• Added compatibility for numpy v2.
• Add compatibility for polars v1
• pandera.SchemaModel is now deprecated, use pandera.DataFrameModel instead.

What's Changed

• Bugfix/1631: Series[Annotated[...]] DataFrameModel types should correctly create a DataFrameSchema by @cosmicBboy in Bugfix/1631: Series[Annotated[...]] DataFrameModel types should correctly create a DataFrameSchema #1633
• Add missing pandas import line. by @kyleweise in Add missing pandas import line. #1635
• add pandas pyarrow backend support by @aaravind100 in add pandas pyarrow backend support  #1628
• bugfix: timezone-agnostic datetime in polars works in DataFrameModel by @cosmicBboy in bugfix: timezone-agnostic datetime in polars works in DataFrameModel #1638
• fix pandas pyarrow string validation by @aaravind100 in fix pandas pyarrow string validation #1636
• Bump jinja2 from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 by @dependabot in Bump jinja2 from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 #1619
• Updating Old pandas-stubs Link in Documentation by @bustosalex1 in Updating Old pandas-stubs Link in Documentation #1648
• Bugfix: add missing reason_code for pyspark backend by @melvinkokxw in Bugfix: add missing reason_code for pyspark backend #1646
• change pandas engine to be numpy>2 compat by @cosmicBboy in change pandas engine to be numpy>2 compat #1690
• Minor documentation fix by @poulter7 in Minor documentation fix #1643
• perf: dataframe-level checks, fix polars tests by @cosmicBboy in perf: dataframe-level checks, fix polars tests #1702
• Docs: fix missing import in data conversion code cell by @billyvinning in Docs: fix missing import in data conversion code cell #1700
• fix: DataFrameSchema repr formatting by @AlpAribal in fix: DataFrameSchema repr formatting #1694
• Fix coerion errors for polars=1.0.0 by @MariusMerkleQC in Fix coerion errors for polars=1.0.0 #1706
• Solve deprecation warning on with_context by @MariusMerkleQC in Solve deprecation warning on with_context #1705
• fix: default values set before coercion by @sanzoghenzo in fix: default values set before coercion #1708
• remove deprecated SchemaModel by @cosmicBboy in remove deprecated SchemaModel #1711
• Fix mismatched quotes, standardize CONTRIBUTING.md by @deepyaman in Fix mismatched quotes, standardize CONTRIBUTING.md #1712
• Run CI on PRs to ibis-dev; stop for polars-dev by @deepyaman in Run CI on PRs to ibis-dev; stop for polars-dev #1713
• enable black for py311 by @lundybernard in enable black for py311 #1697
• Updates to improve TryPandera documentation by @hendera2 in Updates to improve TryPandera documentation #1668

New Contributors

• @kyleweise made their first contribution in Add missing pandas import line. #1635
• @aaravind100 made their first contribution in add pandas pyarrow backend support  #1628
• @bustosalex1 made their first contribution in Updating Old pandas-stubs Link in Documentation #1648
• @melvinkokxw made their first contribution in Bugfix: add missing reason_code for pyspark backend #1646
• @poulter7 made their first contribution in Minor documentation fix #1643
• @billyvinning made their first contribution in Docs: fix missing import in data conversion code cell #1700
• @AlpAribal made their first contribution in fix: DataFrameSchema repr formatting #1694
• @MariusMerkleQC made their first contribution in Fix coerion errors for polars=1.0.0 #1706
• @sanzoghenzo made their first contribution in fix: default values set before coercion #1708
• @lundybernard made their first contribution in enable black for py311 #1697
• @hendera2 made their first contribution in Updates to improve TryPandera documentation #1668

Full Changelog: v0.19.2...v0.20.0

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