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CUDA Python 11.8.6 Release notes
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Released on January 24, 2025.

Included components
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* `cuda.bindings 11.8.6 <https://nvidia.github.io/cuda-python/cuda-bindings/12.8.0/release/11.8.6-notes.html>`_

Highlights
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- Support Python 3.13
- Add optional dependencies on the CUDA NVRTC wheel
- 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>`_)
