docs: v4.2 release notes (visgl#2963)

docs/README.mdx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <br />
 <br />
 
-This documentation describes loaders.gl **v4.0**. See our [**release notes**](/docs/whats-new) to learn what is new.
+This documentation describes loaders.gl **v4**. See our [**release notes**](/docs/whats-new) to learn what is new.
 
 Docs for older versions are available on github:
 **[v3.3](https://github.com/visgl/loaders.gl/blob/3.3-release/docs/README.md)**,

docs/upgrade-guide.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Upgrade Guide
 
+## Upgrading to v4.2
+
+- It is recommended (but not required) to add `dataType` and `batchType` fields to any custom loaders.
+
 ## Upgrading to v4.1
 
 **@loaders.gl/wkt**

docs/whats-new.mdx

@@ -1,43 +1,38 @@
 # What's New
 
-## v4.2 (In development, alpha releases available)
+## v4.2
 
-Target Release Date: April, 2024
+Release Date: April 9, 2024
 
-- deck.gl v9: Website and `examples/website/*` updated to deck.gl v9.
-- Internal tooling upgrades: ~10x faster builds via esbuild. ~2x faster installs via yarn 4.
+A minor release that includes:
 
-- TypeScript: More loader object information is preserved (e.g. when hovering over a loader object in vscod). loaders are now typed using `as const satisfies Loader<...>`. 
-- TypeScript: Loaders with workers now declare a `workerUrl` field in their LoaderOptions types (removing type errors when overriding the workerUrl field).
+- **deck.gl v9**: All [website examples](https://github.com/visgl/loaders.gl/tree/master/examples/website) updated to deck.gl v9.
+- **TypeScript**: Loader objects are typed via `as const satisfies`, preserving more type information. 
+- **TypeScript**: Loaders with workers now declare the `workerUrl` field in their `...LoaderOptions` types.
+- **Build tooling**: loaders.gl itself now builds ~10x faster via esbuild, and installs ~2x faster via yarn 4.
 
 **@loaders.gl/core**
 
 - `selectLoader()` - MIME type comparisons are now case insensitive.
 
-**@loaders.gl/tile-converter**
-
-- `tile-converter` - Resume conversion from the last tile processed in case of an interruption.
-- `tile-converter` - Quiet mode.
-- `tile-converter` - Convert I3S to 3D Tiles from local SLPK file.
-
 **@loaders.gl/pmtiles**
 
 - `PMTilesSource` - now uses [`pmtiles` version 3](https://github.com/protomaps/PMTiles/blob/main/js/CHANGELOG.md).
-- `PMTilesSource` - Now refreshes the already loaded index if the underlying PMTiles file being loaded from is changed (rewritten). 
+- `PMTilesSource` - Now refreshes the already loaded index if the underlying PMTiles file being loaded from is changed. 
 
 **@loaders.gl/parquet**
 
-- `ParquetLoader` - Node supports Zstandard (de)compression if the `zstd-codec` library is supplied (or pre-registered).
+- `ParquetLoader` - Now supports the Zstandard compression if the `zstd-codec` library is supplied (or pre-registered).
 - `ParquetLoader` - Many parquet files that previously failed to load now load correctly.
 - `GeoparquetLoader` - Improved support for large `Polygons` and `MultiPolygons`.
 
 **@loaders.gl/i3s**
 
-- `SLPKLoader` - Experimental feature: Render local SLPK in a web browser.
+- `SLPKLoader` - Load from a local SLPK archive in the browser (Experimental).
 
 **@loaders.gl/3d-tiles**
 
-- `Tile3DLoader` - Now extracts Draco3D FLOAT64, INT64 and UINT64 attributes from `.PNTS` files. See [LAS to 3D Tiles conversion](https://cesium.com/blog/2024/03/20/preserving-more-metadata-for-point-clouds-using-3dtiles/).
+- `Tile3DLoader` - Ignores unknown Draco3D attributes such as FLOAT64, INT64 and UINT64, when loading from e.g. `.PNTS` files. See [LAS to 3D Tiles conversion](https://cesium.com/blog/2024/03/20/preserving-more-metadata-for-point-clouds-using-3dtiles/).
 
 **@loaders.gl/draco**
 
@@ -51,7 +46,17 @@ Target Release Date: April, 2024
 
 **@loaders.gl/las**
 
-- `LASLoader`: A big memory leak plugged.
+- `LASLoader`: Memory leak plugged.
+
+**@loaders.gl/wms**
+
+- `WMSService`: `getFeatureInfo()` now also supports querying WMS 1.3 services.
+
+**@loaders.gl/tile-converter**
+
+- `tile-converter` - Resume conversion from the last tile processed in case of an interruption.
+- `tile-converter` - Quiet mode.
+- `tile-converter` - Convert I3S to 3D Tiles from local SLPK file.
 
 ## v4.1
 
@@ -85,8 +90,6 @@ A major release that brings:
 - **File format documentation** - articles describing the [file formats](/docs/formats?README) supported by loaders.gl.
 - **Node.js v18 & v20** - Supports the current set of Node.js LTS releases.
 
-### Loader Module Updates
-
 **@loaders.gl/pmtiles** - NEW
 
 - New [`PMTilesSource`](/docs/modules/pmtiles/api-reference/pmtiles-source) supports the [PMTiles](/docs/modules/pmtiles/formats/pmtiles) format.
@@ -148,8 +151,6 @@ A major release that brings:
 
 - Now uses latest `sql.js` v1.8.0.
 
-### Core Module Updates
-
 **@loaders.gl/core**
 
 - `fetchFile()` now supports fetching from local filesystem in Node.js 
@@ -177,8 +178,6 @@ A major release that brings:
 - Polyfills now contains Node dependent code for other modules, minimizing the risk of Node.js-dependency related bundling complications when using other loaders.gl modules in the browser.
 - Polyfills no longer installs `fetch`/`Response`/`Headers` polyfills under Node.js, instead leveraging the built-in `fetch()` support in Node.js v18+.
 
-### Tile Converter Updates
-
 **@loaders.gl/tile-converter**
 
 - New command-line tools for working with I3S archive format (SLPK) files

website/package.json

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     "@deck.gl/layers": "^9.0.4",
     "@deck.gl/mesh-layers": "^9.0.4",
     "@deck.gl/react": "^9.0.4",
-    "@docusaurus/core": "^3.1.1",
-    "@docusaurus/preset-classic": "^3.1.1",
+    "@docusaurus/core": "^3.2.1",
+    "@docusaurus/preset-classic": "^3.2.1",
     "@esri/react-arcgis": "^5.2.0",
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.34",
     "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^5.15.2",
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@cmfcmf/docusaurus-search-local": "^1.0.0",
-    "@docusaurus/module-type-aliases": "^3.1.1",
-    "@docusaurus/plugin-client-redirects": "^3.1.1",
-    "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs": "^3.1.1",
-    "@docusaurus/tsconfig": "^3.1.1",
+    "@docusaurus/module-type-aliases": "^3.2.1",
+    "@docusaurus/plugin-client-redirects": "^3.2.1",
+    "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs": "^3.2.1",
+    "@docusaurus/tsconfig": "^3.2.1",
     "babel-plugin-styled-components": "^2.0.0",
     "ts-node": "~10.9.1"
   },