1.1.11: Compatibility improvements, version upgrades

What's Changed

• Fix edge cases in (de)serialize_torch_tensor by @justheuristic in #591
• Fix deprecations and update dependencies for examples/albert by @mryab in #595
• Fix OptimizerWrapper creation, test gradient clipping by @mryab in #593
• Update petals homepage URL by @dpirad007 in #599
• Bump p2pd version by @dvmazur in #598
• Update Dockerfile, fix compatibility with PyTorch>=2.3.0 by @mryab in #614
• Override the logging level in test_cli_scripts by @mryab in #617
• Improve the process cleanup logic when running tests by @mryab in #616
• Add downloading time to averager by @samsja in #618
• Migrate to pydantic >= 2.0 by @Vectorrent in #613
• Update README.md dead link to HivemindStrategy by @cleong110 in #607
• Deprecate Python 3.7, switch to Python 3.11 in CI by @mryab in #621
• Limit Protobuf version by 5.28.0 by @mryab in #631
• Clean up resources in DHT/P2P, improve test robustness by @mryab in #636
• Clarify the download location of p2pd in setup.py by @xloem in #633
• Add CITATION.cff, update citations by @mryab in #630
• Remove unused code and imports by @mryab in #632
• Run CI on Modal, upgrade Bitsandbytes by @mryab in #641
• Add multiaddr as subpackage by @dvmazur in #637
• Fix a typo in the quickstart by @emiapwil in #627
• Enable GitHub Actions for tests by @mryab in #644
• Delete conditions for run-tests.yml by @mryab in #645
• Fix GradScaler import on torch >= 2.3.0 for benchmark_optimizer.py by @Vectorrent in #620
• Fix RemoteMixtureOfExperts and RemoteSwitchMixtureOfExperts backward() on GPU by @Vectorrent in #626
• Upgrade pytest to 8.3.5 by @mryab in #646
• Replace black+isort with Ruff by @mryab in #622
• Fix version-file for the Ruff action by @mryab in #649
• Make test_averaging_cancel more robust by @mryab in #650

New Contributors

• @dpirad007 made their first contribution in #599
• @samsja made their first contribution in #618
• @Vectorrent made their first contribution in #613
• @cleong110 made their first contribution in #607
• @xloem made their first contribution in #633
• @emiapwil made their first contribution in #627

Full Changelog: 1.1.10...1.11.11