v24.08.00

🛠️ Improvements

• Drop NumPy build dependency (#751) @jakirkham
• Use workflow branch 24.08 again (#749) @KyleFromNVIDIA
• Build and test with CUDA 12.5.1 (#747) @KyleFromNVIDIA
• Minor fixes for NumPy 2.0 compatiblity (#746) @grlee77
• skip CMake 3.30.0, require CMake >=3.26.4 (#745) @jameslamb
• Use verify-alpha-spec hook (#744) @KyleFromNVIDIA
• remove .gitattributes (#740) @jameslamb
• Adopt CI/packaging codeowners (#739) @bdice
• Remove text builds of documentation (#738) @vyasr
• use rapids-build-backend (#736) @jameslamb