Bump rexml from 3.4.0 to 3.4.2

[dependabot]

Bumps rexml from 3.4.0 to 3.4.2.

Release notes

Sourced from rexml's releases.

REXML 3.4.2 - 2025-08-26

Improvement

• Improved performance.

  • GH-244
  • GH-245
  • GH-246
  • GH-249
  • GH-256
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun

• Raise appropriate exception when failing to match start tag in DOCTYPE

  • GH-247
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun

• Deprecate accepting array as an element in XPath.match, first and each

  • GH-252
  • Patch by tomoya ishida

• Don't call needless encoding_updated

  • GH-259
  • Patch by Sutou Kouhei

• Reuse XPath::match

  • GH-263
  • Patch by pboling

• Cache redundant calls for doctype

  • GH-264
  • Patch by pboling

• Use Safe Navigation (&.) from Ruby 2.3

  • GH-265
  • Patch by pboling

• Remove redundant return statements

  • GH-266
  • Patch by pboling

• Added XML declaration check & Source#skip_spaces method

  • GH-282
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun
  • Reported by Sofi Aberegg

Fixes

• Fix docs typo
  • GH-248
  • Patch by James Coleman

... (truncated)

Changelog

Sourced from rexml's changelog.

3.4.2 - 2025-08-26 {#version-3-4-2}

Improvement

• Improved performance.

  • GH-244
  • GH-245
  • GH-246
  • GH-249
  • GH-256
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun

• Raise appropriate exception when failing to match start tag in DOCTYPE

  • GH-247
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun

• Deprecate accepting array as an element in XPath.match, first and each

  • GH-252
  • Patch by tomoya ishida

• Don't call needless encoding_updated

  • GH-259
  • Patch by Sutou Kouhei

• Reuse XPath::match

  • GH-263
  • Patch by pboling

• Cache redundant calls for doctype

  • GH-264
  • Patch by pboling

• Use Safe Navigation (&.) from Ruby 2.3

  • GH-265
  • Patch by pboling

• Remove redundant return statements

  • GH-266
  • Patch by pboling

• Added XML declaration check & Source#skip_spaces method

  • GH-282
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun
  • Reported by Sofi Aberegg

Fixes

• Fix docs typo
  • GH-248
  • Patch by James Coleman

... (truncated)

Commits

• f36916f Add 3.4.2 entry (#284)
• 5859bde Added XML declaration check & Source#skip_spaces method (#282)
• 1d876e3 Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#283)
• c87bda8 Remove ostruct from dev deps (#281)
• c60ae02 Remove bundler from dev deps (#277)
• 9b084d7 Fix & Deprecate REXML::Text#text_indent (#275)
• 04a589a Fix a bug that XPath can't be used for no document element (#268)
• 66232ea Remove redundant return statements (#266)
• 63f3e97 Use Safe Navigation (&.) from Ruby 2.3 (#265)
• d427fc5 Avoid redundant calls for doctype (#264)
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[joescottdave]

Would merging this demand a release, do you think, @jonrandahl ?

[jonrandahl]

Would merging this demand a release, do you think, @jonrandahl ?

TL:DR = yes

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Remember, in Rails, even if there is a new version of a gem the current applications running are not looking for it and will happily use the version that's currently set in their Gemfile.lock.

Therefore, in order to gain the benefits from updated gems, we need to both publish the gem to our repository as well as manually update any application that is using the gem to use the new version when "re-built".

[joescottdave]

Thank you for the reminder, @jonrandahl. Maybe worth adding as a chore somewhere.

Maybe this PR can be added to front end tasks

[jonrandahl]

@joescottdave usually I will update the gem and release a new version, then bundle install on the application that triggered the update need; then check if there are any other applications that have been affected by the reason for the update. Happy to discuss ownership and responsibility with you in the morning! 👍

[joescottdave]

@dependabot recreate