[gnome-desktop] Release 42.beta

[Abderrahim Kitouni <akitouni src gnome org>]

commit 2657b9a9eff13c5fa52c4a8553bbb4c10c65e145
Author: Abderrahim Kitouni <akitouni gnome org>
Date:   Fri Feb 18 09:54:32 2022 +0100

    Release 42.beta

 NEWS        | 9 +++++++++
 meson.build | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8e676ae2..f2fefae4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+===============
+Version 42.beta
+===============
+
+- Add async methods for thumbnail creation
+- thumbnail: Resolve symlinks before exporting them with Flatpak
+- Make table:cangjie5 the default input method for zh_HK
+- Translation updates
+
 ============
 Version 42.alpha.1
 ============
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d951b966..c57710ff 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('gnome-desktop', 'c',
   meson_version: '>= 0.56.2',
-  version: '42.alpha.1',
+  version: '42.beta',
   license: ['GPL-2.0-or-later', 'LGPL-2.1-or-later'],
   default_options: [
     'c_std=gnu99',
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ project('gnome-desktop', 'c',
 # to 0. When bumping the second version, set the third one to zero.
 #
 # A lot easier than libtool, right?
-libversion = '1.1.0'
+libversion = '1.2.0'
 soversion = libversion.split('.')[0]
 
 # Compatibility versions for libgnome-desktop-3