Create new cuda-bindings release note files for missing milestone 14 improvements and link them in documentation (#882)

* Initial plan

* Update cuda-bindings release notes for missing milestone 14 improvements

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* Create new release note files with proper naming convention and remove redundant content

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* Add new release note files to Sphinx toctree for proper documentation rendering

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cuda_bindings/docs/source/release.rst

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ Release Notes
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
 
+   13.X.Y <release/13.X.Y-notes.rst>
    13.0.1 <release/13.0.1-notes.rst>
    13.0.0 <release/13.0.0-notes.rst>
+   12.9.X <release/12.9.X-notes.rst>
    12.9.2 <release/12.9.2-notes.rst>
    12.9.1 <release/12.9.1-notes.rst>
    12.9.0 <release/12.9.0-notes.rst>

cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/12.9.X-notes.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-NVIDIA-SOFTWARE-LICENSE
+
+.. module:: cuda.bindings
+
+``cuda-bindings`` 12.9.X Release notes
+======================================
+
+Released on TBD
+
+
+Highlights
+----------
+
+* Automatic CUDA library path detection based on ``CUDA_HOME``, eliminating the need to manually set ``LIBRARY_PATH`` environment variables for installation.
+
+
+Known issues
+------------
+
+* Updating from older versions (v12.6.2.post1 and below) via ``pip install -U cuda-python`` might not work. Please do a clean re-installation by uninstalling ``pip uninstall -y cuda-python`` followed by installing ``pip install cuda-python``.

cuda_bindings/docs/source/release/13.X.Y-notes.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-NVIDIA-SOFTWARE-LICENSE
+
+.. module:: cuda.bindings
+
+``cuda-bindings`` 13.X.Y Release notes
+======================================
+
+Released on TBD
+
+
+Highlights
+----------
+
+* Automatic CUDA library path detection based on ``CUDA_HOME``, eliminating the need to manually set ``LIBRARY_PATH`` environment variables for installation.
+
+
+Known issues
+------------
+
+* Updating from older versions (v12.6.2.post1 and below) via ``pip install -U cuda-python`` might not work. Please do a clean re-installation by uninstalling ``pip uninstall -y cuda-python`` followed by installing ``pip install cuda-python``.