[gnome-software] Release version 42.beta

[Philip Withnall <pwithnall src gnome org>]

commit 065b6815f22dfb08bfaf57c151afeacf871c702e
Author: Philip Withnall <pwithnall endlessos org>
Date:   Thu Feb 10 19:39:14 2022 +0000

    Release version 42.beta
    
    Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall endlessos org>

 NEWS                                           | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index beec84cc7..aa481c54f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,12 +1,38 @@
-UNRELEASED
-~~~~~~~~~~
+Version 42.beta
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2022-02-10
+
+This is the second unstable release for GNOME 42.
+ * Allow --verbose to be enabled at runtime
+ * Condense the rows in the age rating context dialog
+ * Update the UI for ratings and reviews of apps
+ * Improve the appearance of the category page loading screen
+ * Drop the first run dialog
+ * Improvements to dark theming
+ * Support viewing a specific metainfo file using --show-metainfo
+ * Several more threading improvements
+ * Icon updates
+ * Drop the hardcoded-popular plugin in favour of an appstream file
+ * The background image for upgrades is now looked for using several well-known (and
+   distribution-specific) names in ${DATADIR}/gnome-software/backgrounds, and the previous
+   Fedora-specific default background image is no longer distributed. Similarly, the
+   upgrade-background-uri GSettings key has been removed. Distributions may need to update how
+   they ship background images. See doc/vendor-customisation.md.
 
- * The background image for upgrades is now looked for using several well-known
-   (and distribution-specific) names in `${DATADIR}/gnome-software/backgrounds`,
-   and the previous Fedora-specific default background image is no longer
-   distributed. Similarly, the `upgrade-background-uri` GSettings key has been
-   removed. Distributions may need to update how they ship background
-   images. See `doc/vendor-customisation.md`.
+This release also updates translations:
+ * Chinese (China)
+ * Galician
+ * Hebrew
+ * Icelandic
+ * Indonesian
+ * Japanese
+ * Occitan (post 1500)
+ * Portuguese
+ * Portuguese (Brazil)
+ * Russian
+ * Slovenian
+ * Spanish
+ * Ukrainian
 
 Version 42.alpha
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
index c894a1b90..a9ac1c315 100644
--- a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
@@ -66,6 +66,47 @@
    Validate with `appstreamcli validate *.appdata.xml`
   -->
   <releases>
+    <release date="2022-02-10" version="42.beta" type="development">
+      <description>
+        <p>This is the second unstable release for GNOME 42.</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Allow <code>--verbose</code> to be enabled at runtime</li>
+          <li>Condense the rows in the age rating context dialog</li>
+          <li>Update the UI for ratings and reviews of apps</li>
+          <li>Improve the appearance of the category page loading screen</li>
+          <li>Drop the first run dialog</li>
+          <li>Improvements to dark theming</li>
+          <li>Support viewing a specific metainfo file using <code>--show-metainfo</code></li>
+          <li>Several more threading improvements</li>
+          <li>Icon updates</li>
+          <li>Drop the hardcoded-popular plugin in favour of an appstream file</li>
+          <li>The background image for upgrades is now looked for using several
+                 well-known (and distribution-specific) names in
+                 <code>${DATADIR}/gnome-software/backgrounds</code>,
+                 and the previous Fedora-specific default background image is
+                 no longer distributed. Similarly, the <code>upgrade-background-uri</code>
+                 GSettings key has been removed. Distributions may need to
+                 update how they ship background images.
+                 See <em>doc/vendor-customisation.md</em>.</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>This release also updates translations:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Chinese (China)</li>
+          <li>Galician</li>
+          <li>Hebrew</li>
+          <li>Icelandic</li>
+          <li>Indonesian</li>
+          <li>Japanese</li>
+          <li>Occitan (post 1500)</li>
+          <li>Portuguese</li>
+          <li>Portuguese (Brazil)</li>
+          <li>Russian</li>
+          <li>Slovenian</li>
+          <li>Spanish</li>
+          <li>Ukrainian</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release date="2022-01-07" version="42.alpha" type="development">
       <description>
         <p>This is the first unstable release for GNOME 42.</p>