[gnome-characters] release 42.beta

[Bilal Elmoussaoui <bilelmoussaoui src gnome org>]

commit 0c3410de876f7a9165f4e1f93df959a8e83e3e4a
Author: Bilal Elmoussaoui <belmouss redhat com>
Date:   Mon Feb 14 11:36:18 2022 +0100

    release 42.beta

 NEWS                                     | 6 ++++++
 data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index acf84d0..cbb1487 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+42.beta
+===========
+
+* Fixed search provider issues
+* Search provider now displays the characters as well
+
 42.alpha
 ===========
 
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in
index 6d77977..9af4d30 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   <translation type="gettext">org.gnome.Characters</translation>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
   <releases>
+    <release version="42.beta" date="2022-02-14" type="development" />
     <release version="42.alpha" date="2022-01-11">
       <p>Characters 42.alpha comes with a port to GTK4 and libadwaita. It has gained support for the new 
dark style preference via libadwaita.</p>
       <p>Characters 42.alpha also comes with updated translations for the following locales:</p>