Highlights:

• Bug fixes
  • Fix Loop-Invariant-Cache for dynamic indexed pointers (#8577) (by Zhanlue Yang)
  • Fix bug to disable taichi header print (#8517) (by Yong-Chao Wu)
• Build system
  • Lift macOS min compat version to Big Sur (#8583) (by Proton)
  • Drop manylinux2014 wheel support (#8581) (by Proton)
• Language and syntax
  • Migrate irpass::force_scalarize_matrix() beforehand (#8532) (by Zhanlue Yang)
  • Add config.force_scalarize_matrix to avoid perf-regression in certain scenario (#8509) (by Zhanlue Yang)

Full changelog:

• [misc] Bump version to v1.7.2 (by Proton)
• [aot] Add stream_ variable for CUDAContext to use a specific CUDA stream to launch CUDA kernel (#8579) (by Sichao He)
• [Build] Lift macOS min compat version to Big Sur (#8583) (by Proton)
• [ci] Drop nvidia driver 510 support (already EOL'd) (#8582) (by Proton)
• [Build] Drop manylinux2014 wheel support (#8581) (by Proton)
• [Bug] Fix Loop-Invariant-Cache for dynamic indexed pointers (#8577) (by Zhanlue Yang)
• [bug] Fix assign may lose precision warning & improve related logging (#8553) (by Bob Cao)
• [bug] Fixes for numpy 2.0 (unblocking python 3.12 release build on mac) (#8552) (by Bob Cao)
• [doc] Fix typo: 'inheritence' -> 'inheritance' (#8551) (by 3n3l)
• [misc] Ensure succeeded variable is properly initialized in matrix-free solvers (#8484) (by liblaf)
• [Bug] Fix bug to disable taichi header print (#8517) (by Yong-Chao Wu)
• [misc] Add conversions for unsigned types, torch > 2.3.0 (#8528) (by Oliver Batchelor)
• [doc] Fix typo & missing typedef in math/math_module.md (#8541) (by Jingwei Xu)
• [ci] Remove driver470, add driver 550 (#8546) (by Proton)
• [misc] Bump spdlog version and fix unformattable error (#8543) (by Bob Cao)
• [build] Fix build.py bootstrap corner cases (#8544) (by Proton)
• [ci] Force TI_USE_GIT_CACHE on (#8545) (by Proton)
• [Lang] Migrate irpass::force_scalarize_matrix() beforehand (#8532) (by Zhanlue Yang)
• [bug] Fix offline cache emit dependencies (#8510) (by Mingrui Zhang)
• [Lang] Add config.force_scalarize_matrix to avoid perf-regression in certain scenario (#8509) (by Zhanlue Yang)