v4.2.0-rc2
[SPARK-52280][TEST] Upgrade `MiMa` to use 4.0.0 as `previousSparkVersion`
[SPARK-57332][SQL] Fix MySQL backslash escaping in LIKE predicate pushdown via a dialect string-literal escaping hook
[SPARK-56955][CONNECT] Replace -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=false with --sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access=allow for a more complete JDK 25+ support
Reapply "[SPARK-56357][BUILD] Upgrade sbt to 1.12.8"
[SPARK-55233][BUILD] Upgrade ASM to 9.9.1