Merge branch 'master' into king-11/macos_unix_path

Author: king-11

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

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 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> 25.02 FREEZE JANUARY 31ST: Non-bugfix PRs not ready by this date will wait for 25.05.
+>
+> 25.05 FREEZE MAY 12TH: Non-bugfix PRs not ready by this date will wait for 25.08.
+>
+> RC1 is scheduled on _May 23rd_, RC2 on _May 26th_, ...
+>
+> The final release is on MAY 29TH.
+
 
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