release: cut the 4.0.0-rc.2 release

release: cut v2.4.9

build: cut 4.0.0-rc.1

rc.0 is not part of the repo history because of a missing fix that was discovered after publishing to npm

release: cut v4.0.0-beta.8

release: cut v2.4.8

docs(changelog): add changelog for 4.0.0-beta.7

docs(changelog): add changelog for 2.4.7

docs(changelog): add changelog for 4.0.0-beta.6

docs(changelog): add changelog for 2.4.6

docs(changelog): add changelog for 4.0.0-beta.5