v1.2.0

[yanghan234]

Here’s a reorganized and rewritten version of your release notes, grouped by category and clarified for readability:

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🚀 Features & Enhancements

• BatchRelaxer: Added max_n_steps argument for greater flexibility (#90, @ClaudioZeni)
• Benchmark Datasets: Released in-house compiled benchmark datasets (#105, @yanghan234)
• Packaging:
  • Updated packaging to use a temporary directory (#109, @bi-ran)
  • Packaging now runs within a context manager for improved reliability (#110, @bi-ran)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed valid path handling in finetune (#106, @ZeroKnighting)
• Fixed bug with nsteps not working properly (#101, @ClaudioZeni)

🛠️ Maintenance & CI

• Upgraded to NumPy 2 (#120, @CompRhys)
• Dropped support for Python 3.9 (#121, @yanghan234)
• CI improvements:
  • Updated cibuildwheel configuration (#122, @yanghan234)
  • Removed Python 3.9 from cibuildwheel (#123, @yanghan234)

🧹 Other Changes

• Fixed typos (#114, @co63oc)

🙌 New Contributors

• @co63oc made their first contribution (#114)
• @CompRhys made their first contribution (#120)

Full Changelog: v1.1.2...v1.2.0

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