Merge feat/byte-range-setter into perf/prepared-write-v2

# Conflicts:
#	src/zarr/abc/store.py

Author: d-v-b

.github/workflows/codspeed.yml

@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
-      with:
-        python-version: "3.11"
     - name: Install Hatch
       uses: pypa/hatch@257e27e51a6a5616ed08a39a408a21c35c9931bc
       with:
@@ -39,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
       uses: CodSpeedHQ/action@1c8ae4843586d3ba879736b7f6b7b0c990757fab # v4.12.1
       with:
           mode: walltime
-          run: hatch run test.py3.11-minimal:pytest tests/benchmarks --codspeed
+          run: hatch run test.py3.12-minimal:pytest tests/benchmarks --codspeed

changes/3897.misc.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Bump the minimum version of `typing-extensions` to 4.13 to support the `extra_items`
+keyword argument on `TypedDict` (PEP 728).

changes/3900.misc.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove deprecated `zarr.convenience` and `zarr.creation` modules.

changes/3903.misc.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove deprecated `AsyncArray.create` and `Array.create` methods.

changes/3907.feature.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add protocols for stores that support byte-range-writes. This is necessary to support in-place writes of sharded arrays.

docs/api/zarr/convenience.md

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Complete reference documentation for the Zarr-Python API.
 
 - **[Load](load.md)** - Loading data from Zarr stores
 - **[Save](save.md)** - Saving data to Zarr format
-- **[Convenience](convenience.md)** - High-level convenience functions
 
 ### Data Types and Configuration
 
@@ -55,13 +54,6 @@ The ABC module defines interfaces for extending Zarr:
 - **[Testing](testing/index.md)** - Utilities for testing Zarr-based code
 
 
-## Migration and Compatibility
-
-- **[Deprecated Functions](deprecated/convenience.md)** - Legacy convenience functions
-- **[Deprecated Creation](deprecated/creation.md)** - Legacy array creation functions
-
-These deprecated modules are maintained for backward compatibility but should be avoided in new code.
-
 ## Getting Help
 
 - Check the [User Guide](../../user-guide/index.md) for tutorials and examples

docs/api/zarr/deprecated/convenience.md

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ nav:
       - api/zarr/codecs.md
       - api/zarr/codecs/numcodecs.md
       - api/zarr/config.md
-      - api/zarr/convenience.md
       - api/zarr/errors.md
       - api/zarr/metadata.md
       - api/zarr/registry.md
@@ -72,9 +71,6 @@ nav:
         - api/zarr/testing/store.md
         - api/zarr/testing/strategies.md
         - api/zarr/testing/utils.md
-      - deprecated:
-        - Convenience sub-module: api/zarr/deprecated/convenience.md
-        - Creation sub-module: api/zarr/deprecated/creation.md
   - release-notes.md
   - contributing.md
 watch:
@@ -221,7 +217,6 @@ plugins:
         'developers/contributing.html.md': 'contributing.md'
         'developers/index.html.md': 'contributing.md'
         'developers/roadmap.html.md': 'https://zarr.readthedocs.io/en/v3.0.8/developers/roadmap.html'
-        'api/zarr/creation.md': 'api/zarr/deprecated/creation.md'
         'api.md': 'api/zarr/index.md'
         'api/zarr/metadata/migrate_v3.md': 'api/zarr/metadata.md'