v0.30.0: Support Pandas >=3 🐼

[cosmicBboy]

⭐️ Highlight

Pandera now supports Pandas >= 3!

What's Changed

• Support pandas 3.0 by @cosmicBboy in Support pandas 3.0 #2214
• Replace pre-commit with prek and fix existing violations by @Dev-iL in Replace pre-commit with prek and fix existing violations #2225
• Remove vestigial ordering parameter from polars Categorical by @Dev-iL in Remove vestigial ordering parameter from polars Categorical #2226
• Add AGENTS.md by @Dev-iL in Add AGENTS.md #2224
• fix optional nested validation by @amerberg in fix optional nested validation #2218
• [🐼 pandas 3] change default string to pandas-native string by @cosmicBboy in [🐼 pandas 3] change default string to pandas-native string #2229
• Refactor empty DataFrame creation in DataFrameModel to eliminate deep copy by @cosmicBboy in Refactor empty DataFrame creation in DataFrameModel to eliminate deep copy #2230
• implement PydanticModel for polars by @cosmicBboy in implement PydanticModel for polars #2231
• polars column regex reports column name by @cosmicBboy in polars column regex reports column name #2233
• fix bug in custom parser, built-in check, drop invalid rows by @cosmicBboy in fix bug in custom parser, built-in check, drop invalid rows #2234
• unpin geopandas by @cosmicBboy in unpin geopandas #2236
• fix pandas docs reference in conf.py by @cosmicBboy in fix pandas docs reference in conf.py #2237

New Contributors

• @Dev-iL made their first contribution in Replace pre-commit with prek and fix existing violations #2225

Full Changelog: v0.29.0...v0.30.0

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