Merge pull request #980 from esc/release0.41

update release notes for 0.41.0

CHANGE_LOG

@@ -1,3 +1,38 @@
+v0.41.0 (Aug 11, 2023)
+-----------------------
+
+Pull-Requests:
+
+* PR `#871 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/871>`_: Refactor native library loading (`folded <https://github.com/folded>`_ `sklam <https://github.com/sklam>`_)
+* PR `#896 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/896>`_: drop upper limit on Python for conda recipe (`esc <https://github.com/esc>`_)
+* PR `#904 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/904>`_: Create GitHub Action for llvmlite release (`apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_)
+* PR `#934 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/934>`_: Expose TargetLibraryInfo pass (`sklam <https://github.com/sklam>`_)
+* PR `#935 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/935>`_: Disable zlib for LLVM on Windows (`apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_)
+* PR `#936 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/936>`_: Enable querying constants and value kinds (`tbennun <https://github.com/tbennun>`_)
+* PR `#939 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/939>`_: Bump llvmdev build number to include the nozlib change for windows (`sklam <https://github.com/sklam>`_)
+* PR `#940 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/940>`_: Update CHANGE_LOG for 0.40.0 final. (`stuartarchibald <https://github.com/stuartarchibald>`_)
+* PR `#942 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/942>`_: Add ORCJITv2 support (`apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_)
+* PR `#951 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/951>`_: Add a type hint for `IntType.width` (`apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_)
+* PR `#952 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/952>`_: Fix CI failing due to unsupported target triple on non-x86 platforms. (`sklam <https://github.com/sklam>`_)
+* PR `#958 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/958>`_: fixup LLVM versions in version compat table (`esc <https://github.com/esc>`_)
+* PR `#959 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/959>`_: Remove support for LLVM < 14 (`apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_)
+* PR `#960 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/960>`_: add various bullets to release checklists and sync (`esc <https://github.com/esc>`_)
+* PR `#963 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/963>`_: Allow adding comments to generated IR (`apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_)
+* PR `#966 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/966>`_: build: support building on GNU/Hurd (`pinotree <https://github.com/pinotree>`_)
+* PR `#967 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/967>`_: Expose library name in OrcJIT tracker (`apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_)
+* PR `#968 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/968>`_: Update LLVM manual build instructions (`apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_)
+* PR `#969 <https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/pull/969>`_: update changelog on main for v0.40.1 (`esc <https://github.com/esc>`_)
+
+Authors:
+
+* `apmasell <https://github.com/apmasell>`_
+* `esc <https://github.com/esc>`_
+* `folded <https://github.com/folded>`_
+* `pinotree <https://github.com/pinotree>`_
+* `sklam <https://github.com/sklam>`_
+* `stuartarchibald <https://github.com/stuartarchibald>`_
+* `tbennun <https://github.com/tbennun>`_
+
 v0.40.1 (June 21, 2023)
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