DISTMYSQL-490 [DOC] Release notes for PDPXC 8.4.2 (#183)

new file:   docs/release-notes-pxc-8.4.2.md
	modified:   docs/release-notes.md
	modified:   mkdocs-base.yml

docs/release-notes-pxc-8.4.2.md

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+# Percona Distribution for MySQL 8.4.2 using Percona XtraDB Cluster (2024-12-11)
+
+Percona Distribution for MySQL is the most stable, scalable, and secure open source MySQL distribution, with two download options: one based on Percona Server for MySQL and one based on Percona XtraDB Cluster. [Install Percona Distribution for MySQL](installing.md).
+
+This release is based on [Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.4.2-2](https://docs.percona.com/percona-xtradb-cluster/8.4/release-notes/8.4.2-2.html).
+
+## Release highlights
+
+Percona XtraDB Cluster is based on Percona Server for MySQL. Find a complete list of improvements and bug fixes in the [Percona Server for MySQL 8.4.2-2 (2024-11-04) release notes](https://docs.percona.com/percona-server/8.4/release-notes/8.4.2-2.html).
+
+## Known issues
+
+* This release does not include the Percona Toolkit. We will add the Percona Toolkit when a version compatible with MySQL 8.4 becomes available.
+
+## Supplied components
+
+Review each component’s release notes for What’s new, improvements, or bug fixes. The following is a list of the components supplied with the Percona XtraDB Cluster-based variation of the Percona Distribution for MySQL:
+
+| Component               | Version   | Description                                |
+| ----------------------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------|
+| Percona XtraBackup      | [8.4.0-1](https://docs.percona.com/percona-xtrabackup/8.4/release-notes/8.4.0-1.html)| An open-source hot backup utility for MySQL-based servers that doesn’t lock your database during the backup.|
+| HAProxy                 | [2.8.11](https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy-2.8.git;a=commit;h=01c1056a44823c5ffb8f74660b32c099d9b5355b) | A high-availability and load-balancing solution for Percona XtraDB Cluster. This is a default proxy.|
+| ProxySQL                | [2.7.1-1](https://docs.percona.com/proxysql/2.7.1-1.html)| A high performance, high-availability, protocol-aware proxy for MySQL.          |
+| replication_manager.sh   | [1.0](./replication-manager/replication-manager-for-pxc.md)  | A tool to manage multi-source replication between multiple Percona XtraDB Cluster clusters. |
+

docs/release-notes.md

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 ## Percona Distribution for MySQL using Percona XtraDB Cluster
 
+* [Percona Distribution for MySQL 8.4.2 using Percona XtraDB Cluster (2024-12-11)](release-notes-pxc-8.4.2.md)
+
 * [Percona Distribution for MySQL 8.4.0 using Percona XtraDB Cluster (2024-11-14)](release-notes-pxc-8.4.0.md)

mkdocs-base.yml

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           output_path: '_pdf/PerconaDistributionforMySQL.pdf'
           cover_title: 'Percona Distribution for MySQL Documentation'
-          cover_subtitle: 8.4.0 (2024-11-14)
+          cover_subtitle: 8.4.2 (2024-12-11)
           author: 'Percona Technical Documentation Team'
           cover_logo: docs/_images/Percona_Logo_Color.png
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       - release-notes-ps-8.4.1.md
       - release-notes-ps-8.4.md
     - Percona Distribution for MySQL using Percona XtraDB Cluster:
+      - release-notes-pxc-8.4.2.md
       - release-notes-pxc-8.4.0.md
   - Discover Percona Distribution for MySQL:
     - components.md

variables.yml

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 # variables for HTML output
 
-release: '8.4.0'
+release: '8.4.2'
 version: '8.4'
 psvers: '8.4.2-2'
 vers: '8.4'
 majorpkg: 'pdps-8.4'
-minorpkg: 'pdps-8.4.0'
+minorpkg: 'pdps-8.4.2'
 majorpkgpxc: 'pdpxc-8.4'
-minorpkgpxc: 'pdpxc-8.4.0'
-release_date: '2024-11-14'
-title_date: '2024-11-14'
+minorpkgpxc: 'pdpxc-8.4.2'
+release_date: '2024-12-11'
+title_date: '2024-12-11'