1.7.2 Patch Release

[hcho3]

We are looking to release another patch release, primarily to fix #8467.

PRs to be backported:

• [R] Fix CRAN test notes. #8428
• Work with newer thrust and libcudacxx #8432
• [jvm-packages] [pyspark] Make QDM optional based on cuDF check #8471
• Support null value in CUDA array interface. #8486
• SO_DOMAIN do not support on AIX, using getsockname instead #8437
• [pyspark] sort qid for SparkRanker #8497
• [doc] Fix outdated document [skip ci] #8527
• [CI] Fix github action mismatched glibcxx. #8551
• Properly await async method client.wait_for_workers #8558

[wbo4958]

please add #8497 and #8496

[hcho3]

Removed #8442

[WeichenXu123]

Shall we remove #8496 ? It only addresses very edge case.

[trivialfis]

I'm fine with that but would like to get some input from @wbo4958 .

[wbo4958]

Yeah, please remove #8496. Thx

[trivialfis]

Done.

[WeichenXu123]

@trivialfis Can we release 1.7.2 now ? :)

[trivialfis]

Let me try to fix the CI first.

[hcho3]

We also need to back port the three pull requests

[trivialfis]

I will start the 1.7.2 patch release tomorrow if there's no additional backport request.

[trivialfis]

Added #8558 .

[trivialfis]

The python packages are on pypi. No update for jvm packages or R.