Merge branch 'release/4.42.0b1' into master

Author: rmk135

.github/workflows/publishing.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
-      - run: python setup.py sdist
+      - run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+          python setup.py sdist
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./dist/*