cyx-6 created an issue (apache/tvm-ffi#735)

Dear community:

This is a call for vote to release apache-tvm-ffi version v0.1.14. The main 
highlights of this release are

* Structural transformation APIs — `StructuralMutator` recursively transforms 
reflected object graphs, with `structural_map` providing a typed callback 
interface for compiler passes, alongside `maybe_inplace_mutate` and 
`var_remap`. This completes the structural family next to the existing 
equality, hashing, and walking APIs. C++ `StructuralMap` callbacks accept 
flexible return types: a replacement value, `Expected<T>`, 
`Error`/`Unexpected`, or a thrown `Error`, and match before recursive descent 
so unmatched nodes skip remap lookup and callback-chain work.
* Opaque pointer handler map — third-party extension types that cannot define 
or accept monkey-patching of `__tvm_ffi_opaque_ptr__` can now participate in 
opaque-pointer conversion via `tvm_ffi.core._OPAQUE_PTR_HANDLERS`, without 
changing their owning package.
* Stronger static typing through `Any` — static object type bounds are now 
propagated across `ObjectPtr`, `ObjectRef`, and raw-object conversions into 
`Any` and `AnyView`, while runtime validation for unconstrained values is 
unchanged.
* Rust structural and object binding support — all four structural operations 
(walk, visit, map, mutate) gain typed callbacks and a `#[dispatch(...)]` 
frontend; the object binding runtime adds zero-copy upcasts, identity 
comparison, and reflection-table method lookup; and containers now hold 
heterogeneous `Any` elements.
* Safer copy-on-write through `unique()` — `Object::unique()` now requires one 
strong reference *and* no external weak references, since a live 
`WeakObjectPtr` can still upgrade while a strong owner exists. `use_count()` 
keeps its strong-only semantics.
* Free-threaded Python cross-builds — Python discovery now separates the host 
interpreter running Cython from the target development artifacts, unblocking 
3.14t wheel builds on cross-compiled platforms such as Linux PPC64LE and macOS 
ARM64.
* Correctness fixes — Python annotation metadata is stabilized across versions, 
and `ffi.Error` is now picklable so FFI-originated exceptions survive 
round-tripping.

Link to draft release notes:
https://github.com/apache/tvm-ffi/releases/tag/v0.1.14-rc2

Link to release candidate:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/tvm/tvm-ffi-v0.1.14-rc2/

Everyone is welcomed to vote. Please vote by replying to this thread 
explicitly. The vote will last at least 72 hours, please vote

+1 = approve
+0 = no opinion
-1 = disapprove (provide reason)

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