🔖 release v1.5.0

## 1.5.0

* [FEAT] add the `Programming Language :: Python :: Free Threading :: 3 - Stable` classifier
* [CHORE] clarify in the thread-safety docs that the free-threaded CPython build is supported and covered by the test suite
* [CHORE] treat free-threaded CPython (`3.13t`, `3.14t`) CI jobs as normal required test runs instead of experimental jobs

Author: techouse

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.5.0
+
+* [FEAT] add the `Programming Language :: Python :: Free Threading :: 3 - Stable` classifier
+* [CHORE] clarify in the thread-safety docs that the free-threaded CPython build is supported and covered by the test suite
+* [CHORE] treat free-threaded CPython (`3.13t`, `3.14t`) CI jobs as normal required test runs instead of experimental jobs
+
 ## 1.4.6
 
 * [FIX] avoid a shared default `EncodeOptions()` instance in `encode()` by constructing defaults per call

src/qs_codec/__init__.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 """
 
 # Package version (PEP 440). Bump in lockstep with distribution metadata.
-__version__ = "1.4.6"
+__version__ = "1.5.0"
 
 # Public API surface re-exported at the package root.
 __all__ = [