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CUDA Python 12.8.0 Release notes
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Released on January 24, 2025.

Included components
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* `cuda.bindings 12.8.0 <https://nvidia.github.io/cuda-python/cuda-bindings/12.8.0/release/12.8.0-notes.html>`_

Highlights
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- Support Python 3.13
- Add bindings for nvJitLink (requires nvJitLink from CUDA 12.3 or above)
- Add optional dependencies on CUDA NVRTC and nvJitLink wheels
- Enable discovery and loading of shared libraries from CUDA wheels
- ``cuda-python`` is now a meta package, currently depending only on ``cuda-bindings`` (`see RFC <https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/issues/105>`_)

Known issues
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- Updating from older versions (v12.6.2.post1 and below) via ``pip install -U cuda-python`` might not work. Please do a clean re-installation by uninstalling ``pip uninstall -y cuda-python`` followed by installing ``pip install cuda-python``.
