Preparing v4.1 release. (#2087)

CHANGELOG.txt

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 Full release notes, with more details and upgrade information, are available at:
 https://channels.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releases
 
+4.1.0 (2024-04-03)
+------------------
+
+Channels 4.1 is maintenance release in the 4.x series.
+
+The main change is an update in the required Python and Django version.
+Python 3.8, and Django 4.2 are now the minimum required versions.
+
+There are a number of other small bugfixes. Please ensure to review the
+`Version 4.1.0 release notes
+<https://channels.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releases/4.1.0.html>`_ for full
+details.
+
 4.0.0 (2022-10-15)
 ------------------
 

channels/__init__.py

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-__version__ = "4.0.0"
+__version__ = "4.1.0"
 
 
 DEFAULT_CHANNEL_LAYER = "default"

docs/releases/4.1.0.rst

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+4.1.0 Release Notes
+===================
+
+Channels 4.1 is maintenance release in the 4.x series.
+
+
+Python and Django support
+-------------------------
+
+* A Python version of 3.8 or higher is required.
+
+* Django 4.2 is now the minimum supported version.
+
+
+Bugfixes & Small Changes
+------------------------
+
+* Exceptions in ``HttpConsumer`` are now correctly propagated.
+
+  Thanks to Adam Johnson.
+
+* URLRouter is updated for compatibility with in-development changes in Django.
+
+  Thanks to Adam Johnson.
+
+* URLRouter is updated to correctly handle ``root_path``.
+
+  Thanks to Alejandro R. Sedeño.
+
+* Websocket consumers are updated for newer ASGI spec versions, adding the
+  ``headers`` parameter for the ``accept`` event, and ``reason`` for the
+  ``close`` event.
+
+  Thanks to Kristján Valur Jónsson.

docs/releases/index.rst

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 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   4.1.0
    4.0.0
    3.0.5
    3.0.4