Merge branch 'develop' into pr/nakul-krishnakumar/8526

Author: anandkaranubc

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "stdlib - OSS Development",
-  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/javascript-node:1-22-bookworm",
   "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {},
     "ghcr.io/rocker-org/devcontainer-features/r-apt:0": {},
     "ghcr.io/julialang/devcontainer-features/julia:1": {},
-    "ghcr.io/marcozac/devcontainer-features/shellcheck:1": {},
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/shellcheck:1": {},
     "ghcr.io/rocker-org/devcontainer-features/pandoc:1": {}
   },
   "postCreateCommand": "./.devcontainer/post-create",

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ contact_links:
     url: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/blob/develop/FAQ.md
     about: Consult the FAQ in case we have already answered your question there.
   - name: 💬 Question
-    url: https://gitter.im/stdlib-js/stdlib
-    about: Got a (non-bug related) question we haven't already answered? Ask us on Gitter! 🤗
+    url: https://stdlib.zulipchat.com
+    about: Got a (non-bug related) question we haven't already answered? Ask us on Zulip! 🤗
   - name: 👏 Support Us
     url: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/blob/develop/docs/support_the_project.md
     about: Want to help support the project? 😍

.github/workflows/check_commit_metadata.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout the repository:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
         # Pin action to full length commit SHA
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # Ensure we have access to the scripts directory:
           sparse-checkout: |

.github/workflows/check_contributing_guidelines_acceptance.yml

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout the repository:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
         # Pin action to full length commit SHA
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # Ensure we have access to the scripts directory:
           sparse-checkout: |

.github/workflows/check_duplicate_prs.yml

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout the repository:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
         # Pin action to full length commit SHA
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # Ensure we have access to the scripts directory:
           sparse-checkout: |

.github/workflows/check_licenses.yml

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout the repository:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
         # Pin action to full length commit SHA
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # Specify whether to remove untracked files before checking out the repository:
           clean: false

.github/workflows/check_tracking_issue_closure.yml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout the repository:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
         # Pin action to full length commit SHA
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # Ensure we have access to the scripts directory:
           sparse-checkout: |

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout the repository:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
         # Pin action to full length commit SHA
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # Specify whether to remove untracked files before checking out the repository:
           clean: false

.github/workflows/create_address_commit_comment_issues.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout the repository:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
         # Pin action to full length commit SHA
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # Ensure we have access to the scripts directory:
           sparse-checkout: |

.github/workflows/first_time_greeting.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout the repository:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
         # Pin action to full length commit SHA
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # Ensure we have access to the scripts directory:
           sparse-checkout: |