[gnome-system-monitor] Prepared release 42.alpha

[Robert Roth <robertroth src gnome org>]

commit 1bdaff8976e079b66ab0645af085dba058c2f324
Author: Robert Roth <robert roth off gmail com>
Date:   Sat Jan 8 13:38:53 2022 +0200

    Prepared release 42.alpha

 NEWS        | 6 ++++++
 meson.build | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d8727e0b..b6800275 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+New in 42.alpha - 8 January 2022
+
+* Updated translations
+* Opt in to libhandy dark style preference (Christopher Davis)
+* Improved alignment with more than 10 cores (Miles Zhao)
+
 New in 41.0 - 18 September 2021
 
 * Updated translations
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4c5e7b4c..8766cc8f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ project('gnome-system-monitor',
     'libhandy:introspection=disabled',
     'libhandy:tests=false',
   ],
-  version: '41.0',
+  version: '42.alpha',
   meson_version: '>=0.50.0',
 )