🦔 v3.12.x

[bjlittle]

Manager	Buddy	Milestone	Feature Branch	Project
@bjlittle	@ESadek-MO	v3.12	-	-

Minor Release	Status	Date	RTD	Release	conda-forge	PyPI
v3.12.0rc0		Feb 2025 (TBC)	-	-	-	-
v3.12.0		Feb 2025 (TBC)	-	-	-	-

[trexfeathers]

From discussion with @bjlittle and @pp-mo: we are wondering if we can focus this release on solving:

• Common agreement on loading CF non-compliant NetCDF files #5165