v3.1.0-rc0

@RobPasMue

What's Changed

ci: properly exclude job by @RobPasMue in #2542
__delitem__ for IList<T> and IDictionary<K,V> by @lostmsu in #2533
Fix docs workflow by @filmor in #2584
Drop EOLd Python versions by @filmor in #2632
Bump setuptools and adjust license information by @filmor in #2633
Minimal .NET 8 usage changes by @filmor in #2634
Drop performance tests by @filmor in #2636
Properly detect availability of BinaryFormatter by @filmor in #2639
Use last compiler toolset version that support .NET 8 by @filmor in #2640
Add dependabot file by @filmor in #2642
Use official ARM runners by @filmor in #2641
Use uv and derive as much as possible from the environment, if available by @filmor in #2652
Fixes for the uv CI by @filmor in #2654
Ensure that the tests work even if BinaryFormatter is not available by @filmor in #2638
Fix line endings by @filmor in #2668
Switch to .NET SDK 10 by @lostmsu in #2684
Python 3.14 by @filmor in #2611

Full Changelog: v3.0.5...v3.1.0-rc0