(chore): v0.11 fragments (#1611)

Co-authored-by: Philipp A. <[email protected]>

docs/release-notes/1028.feature.md

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+`scipy.sparse.csr_array` and `scipy.sparse.csc_array` are now supported when constructing `AnnData` objects {user}`ilan-gold` {user}`isaac-virshup`

docs/release-notes/1197.breaking.md

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+Removed deprecated modules `anndata.core` and `anndata.readwrite` {user}`ivirshup`

docs/release-notes/1244.feature.md

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+Allow `axis` parameter of e.g. :func:`anndata.concat` to accept `'obs'` and `'var'` {user}`flying-sheep`

docs/release-notes/1270.feature.md

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+Add `settings` object with methods for altering internally-used options, like checking for uniqueness on `obs`' index {user}`ilan-gold`

docs/release-notes/1340.feature.md

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+Add {attr}`~anndata.settings.should_remove_unused_categories` option to {attr}`anndata.settings` to override current behavior {user}`ilan-gold`

docs/release-notes/1469.feature.md

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+Add :func:`~anndata.experimental.read_elem_as_dask` function to handle i/o with sparse and dense arrays {user}`ilan-gold`

docs/release-notes/1474.feature.md

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+Add ability to convert strings to categoricals on write in {meth}`~anndata.AnnData.write_h5ad` and {meth}`~anndata.AnnData.write_zarr` via `convert_strings_to_categoricals` parameter {user}` falexwolf`

docs/release-notes/1507.feature.md

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+Add {attr}`~anndata.settings.should_check_uniqueness` option to {attr}`anndata.settings` to override current behavior {user}`ilan-gold`

docs/release-notes/1550.feature.md

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+Add functionality to write from GPU {class}`dask.array.Array` to disk {user}`ilan-gold`

pyproject.toml

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 [tool.towncrier.fragment.performance]
 name = "Performance"
+
+[tool.towncrier.fragment.breaking]
+name = "Breaking"