Merge branch 'main' into collect_core_dump_in_ci

Author: rgsl888prabhu

.gitignore

@@ -71,3 +71,6 @@ docs/cuopt/build
 cpp/include/cuopt/semantic_version.hpp
 !datasets/quadratic_programming
 !datasets/quadratic_programming/**
+
+# conda env (recommended name)
+.cuopt_env

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ Please install conda if you don't have it already. You can install [miniforge](h
 # create the conda environment (assuming in base `cuopt` directory)
 # note: cuOpt currently doesn't support `channel_priority: strict`;
 # use `channel_priority: flexible` instead
-conda env create --name cuopt_dev --file conda/environments/all_cuda-131_arch-$(uname -m).yaml
+conda env create -p ./.cuopt_env --file conda/environments/all_cuda-131_arch-$(uname -m).yaml
 # activate the environment
-conda activate cuopt_dev
+conda activate ./.cuopt_env
 ```
 
 - **Note**: the conda environment files are updated frequently, so the

ci/validate_wheel.sh

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ PYDISTCHECK_ARGS=(
 if [[ "${package_dir}" == "python/libcuopt" ]]; then
     if [[ "${RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR}" == "12" ]]; then
         PYDISTCHECK_ARGS+=(
-            --max-allowed-size-compressed '650Mi'
+            --max-allowed-size-compressed '665Mi'
         )
     else
         PYDISTCHECK_ARGS+=(
-            --max-allowed-size-compressed '495Mi'
+            --max-allowed-size-compressed '505Mi'
         )
     fi
 elif [[ "${package_dir}" != "python/cuopt" ]] && \