[gjs] release: Include NEWS from 1.54.2

[Philip Chimento <pchimento src gnome org>]

commit 057084440d9639319176209ec48a568f66c2b02d
Author: Philip Chimento <philip chimento gmail com>
Date:   Mon Oct 22 10:33:59 2018 -0400

    release: Include NEWS from 1.54.2

 NEWS | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3a67531c..a7dbf80b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Version 1.54.2
+--------------
+
+- Closed bugs and merge requests:
+  * context: Defer and therefore batch forced GC runs [performance] [!236,
+    Daniel van Vugt]
+  * context: use timeout with seconds to schedule a gc trigger [!239, Marco
+    Trevisan]
+  * fundamental: Check if gtype is valid before using it [!242, Georges Basile
+    Stavracas Neto]
+
+- Backported a fix for a crash in the interactive interpreter when executing
+  something like `throw "foo"` [Philip Chimento]
+
+- Backported various maintenance from 3.31 [Philip Chimento]
+
 Version 1.55.1
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