### API Change

- 1. PodAffinityTerm includes a namespaceSelector field to allow selecting eligible namespaces based on their labels. 

- CRI now supports a "runtime_handler" field for RunPodSandboxRequest, used for selecting the runtime configuration to run the sandbox with (alpha feature). ([#67518](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67518), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

- The `NamespaceDefaultLabelName` is promoted to GA in this release. All Namespace API objects have a `kubernetes.io/metadata.name` label matching their `metadata.name` field to allow selecting any `namespace` by its name using a label selector. ([#101342](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101342), [@rosenhouse](https://github.com/rosenhouse))

- Improve error message when applying CRDs before the CRD exists in a cluster ([#107363](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107363), [@eddiezane](https://github.com/eddiezane))
- Improved algorithm for selecting `best` non-preferred hint in the TopologyManager ([#108154](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108154), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska))

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<pre>
var t T
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<h3 id="Package_initialization">Package initialization</h3>

<p>
Within a package, package-level variable initialization proceeds stepwise,
with each step selecting the variable earliest in <i>declaration order</i>
which has no dependencies on uninitialized variables.
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<p>
More precisely, a package-level variable is considered <i>ready for