Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#28707: doc: add historical release notes for 24.2

3f482ac231c3a0077dd236c0ec8f5afc12b71859 doc: add historical release notes for 24.2 (fanquake)

Pull request description:

  v24.2 has [been tagged](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/tag/v24.2).

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+24.2 Release Notes
+==================
+
+Bitcoin Core version 24.2 is now available from:
+
+  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-24.2/>
+
+This release includes various bug fixes and performance
+improvements, as well as updated translations.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
+
+  <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
+
+To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:
+
+  <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>
+
+How to Upgrade
+==============
+
+If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
+shut down (which might take a few minutes in some cases), then run the
+installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on macOS)
+or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux).
+
+Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is
+possible, but it might take some time if the data directory needs to be migrated. Old
+wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported.
+
+Compatibility
+==============
+
+Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems
+using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.15+, and Windows 7 and newer.  Bitcoin
+Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not as
+frequently tested on them.  It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on
+unsupported systems.
+
+### Fees
+
+- #27622 Fee estimation: avoid serving stale fee estimate
+
+### RPC and other APIs
+
+- #27727 rpc: Fix invalid bech32 address handling
+
+### Build System
+
+- #28097 depends: xcb-proto 1.15.2
+- #28543 build, macos: Fix qt package build with new Xcode 15 linker
+- #28571 depends: fix unusable memory_resource in macos qt build
+
+### CI
+
+- #27777 ci: Prune dangling images on RESTART_CI_DOCKER_BEFORE_RUN
+- #27834 ci: Nuke Android APK task, Use credits for tsan
+- #27844 ci: Use podman stop over podman kill
+- #27886 ci: Switch to amd64 container in "ARM" task
+
+### Miscellaneous
+- #28452 Do not use std::vector = {} to release memory
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
+
+- Abubakar Sadiq Ismail
+- Hennadii Stepanov
+- Marco Falke
+- Michael Ford
+- Pieter Wuille
+
+As well as to everyone that helped with translations on
+[Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/).