Release 1.4.12
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* Add support for coverage. By @moi15moi.
* CI/CD Improvements for runners and the codecov badge. By @junkmd.
* Add signed 32-bit hexadecimal converters. By @junkmd.
* Add ``Test_Stat`` to ``test_stream``. By @junkmd.
* Add client-side ``RegisterActiveObject``. By @junkmd.
* Remove useless ``object`` inheritance from every class. By @moi15moi.
* Modernize ``super()`` calls by removing explicit class and instance arguments. By @moi15moi.
* Eliminate outdated encoding boilerplates. By @moi15moi.
* Update byte string creation to use ``b""`` instead of ``str.encode("utf-8")``. By @moi15moi.
* Introduce ``codecov.yml``. By @moi15moi.
* Migrate exception catches from older aliases to ``OSError``. By @moi15moi.
* Remove obsolete Python 2 compatibility code in ``test_variant``. By @junkmd.
* Skip ``test_eval`` in INPROC server tests due to instability. By @junkmd.
* Adjust structure sizes and alignments for 64-bit Python in ``viewobject.py``. By @junkmd.
* Add ``test_viewobject``. By @junkmd.
* Ensure ``test_npsupport`` passes with ``numpy>=2.0.0`` by explicitly setting ``dtype=numpy.int32``. By @junkmd.
* Add tests for ``DictPropertyBag`` and type hints for ``IPropertyBag``. By @junkmd.
* Fix ``numpy`` interoperability and enable ``datetime64`` tests. By @junkmd.
* Revive and correct integer handling logic for ``VARIANT``s when setting values. By @junkmd.
* Add tests for ``messageloop``. By @junkmd.
* Revive ``util`` and add comprehensive tests. By @junkmd.
* Refactor and enhance ``util`` with explicit imports and typing. By @junkmd.
* Modernize ``npsupport`` by removing the patch for the ``np._typecodes``. By @junkmd.