Merge branch 'release/4.42.0b1' into master

Author: rmk135

.github/workflows/publishing.yml

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04, windows-2019, macos-11]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, windows-2019, macos-14]
     env:
       CIBW_SKIP: cp27-* cp313-*
     steps: