Merge pull request #2916 from aws-observability/prepare-release-v0.42.0

[release/v0.42.x] Prepare release v0.42.0

Author: vasireddy99

VERSION

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-v0.41.1
+v0.42.0

docs/releases/v0.42.0.md

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+# Changelog
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+## [v0.42.0](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/tree/v0.42.0) (2024-12-17)
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+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/compare/v0.41.1...v0.42.0)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
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+- \[chore\] Bump OTel Collector and collector contrib v0.115.0, Removed logging exporter and ballast extension  [\#2915](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/2915) ([vasireddy99](https://github.com/vasireddy99))
+
+**Breaking Changes:**
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+- The `memory_ballast` extension was removed upstream and ADOT Collector in favor of the `GOMEMLIMIT` environment variable, See the [Go documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/runtime#hdr-Environment_Variables) for more information about `GOMEMLIMIT`'s usage.
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+- The `logging` exporter has been removed upstream in favor of the `debug` exporter. This release removes the logging exporter. See [#11337](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/11337) to migrate to the debug exporter.
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+\* *This Changelog was automatically generated by [github_changelog_generator](https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator)*

tools/packaging/windows/aws-otel-collector.wxs

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     <Product Id="EBBD8548-75D1-41D3-A402-ABE189F0C167"
 UpgradeCode="B7C263DD-95A5-436A-A025-DCA5200C2BE3"
 Name="ADOT Collector"
-Version="0.41.1"
+Version="0.42.0"
 Codepage='1252'
 Manufacturer="Amazon.com, Inc."
 Language="1033">