Prep for 2.16.0.dev4 (#17907)

Internal PRs:

* Prepare 2.14.1rc0 ([#17904](#17904))

* Always stop on `StopIteration` in `rule_runner.run_rule_with_mocks` ([#17901](#17901))

* upgrade to Rust v1.66.0 ([#17893](#17893))

* Remove Eric from Rust dependabot config ([#17891](#17891))

* Refactor generate_github_workflows.py to prep for aarch64 support ([#17880](#17880))

* [internal] Subsystems, Options, and a Process for the `cc` backend ([#17844](#17844))

* Prepare 2.15.0rc1. ([#17883](#17883))

* Use GITHUB_PATH to modify paths between CI steps. ([#17882](#17882))

* Disable coverage in CI ([#17876](#17876))

* Split out different entry point fields, and revert `PexBinaryFieldSet` ([#17870](#17870))

* Choose distinct debug adapter ports in different tests. ([#17837](#17837))

* fix a bunch of missing JVM `rules()` dependencies ([#17861](#17861))

* DRYs up JVM subsystem registration code ([#17859](#17859))

* go: pass coverage setup config into `prepare_go_test_binary` rule ([#17835](#17835))

* go: split production of test binary from actually running it ([#17825](#17825))

* Remove stray `--remote-auth-plugin` reference. ([#17832](#17832))

* Log process stdout/stderr on deploy_to_s3.py failures. ([#17909](#17909))

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Created by running `./pants run build-support/bin/contributors.py`.
 + Andy Reitz
 + Antoine Tollenaere
 + Asher Foa
++ Aurelien Didier
 + Bardur Arantsson
 + Bastian Wegge
 + Benjy Weinberger

src/python/pants/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.16.0.dev3
+2.16.0.dev4

src/python/pants/notes/2.16.x.md

@@ -1,5 +1,71 @@
 # 2.16.x Release Series
 
+## 2.16.0.dev4 (Dec 30, 2022)
+
+### New Features
+
+* Add [buf] config and config_discovery options ([#17885](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17885))
+
+* New help topic: `backends`. ([#17600](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17600))
+
+* Make pants work when the uid doesn't map to a user. ([#17881](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17881))
+
+* Make JVM sources runnable ([#17847](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17847))
+
+* Support `python_requirement` as a `run`/`experimental_run_in_sandbox` target ([#17864](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17864))
+
+* Support `experimental_run_in_sandbox`/`./pants run` for `jvm_artifact` targets ([#17827](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17827))
+
+* go: support the `go test` profiling options ([#17836](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17836))
+
+* Add output_path field to python_distribution. ([#17841](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17841))
+
+### User API Changes
+
+* Upgrade default mypy-protobuf version to 3.4 ([#17887](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17887))
+
+* allow each resolve to be exported for multiple python interpreters ([#17711](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17711))
+
+* More default Python module mappings. ([#17879](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17879))
+
+* Make export cleanup a subset of `dist/export`, not the whole thing ([#17849](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17849))
+
+* Unify the messages for lockfile validation errors. ([#17842](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17842))
+
+* Unify validation of tool and user lockfile metadata. ([#17834](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17834))
+
+* Detect Pants-generated lockfiles before attempting to validate. ([#17833](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17833))
+
+### Plugin API Changes
+
+* Remove `immutable_input_digests` from shell code ([#17886](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17886))
+
+* Default `use_pantsd` to `False` in `run_pants` ([#17874](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17874))
+
+* Remove the ToolCustomLockfile/ToolDefaultLockfile classes. ([#17843](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17843))
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* scala: support scala v3 which has different compiler/library artifacts ([#17855](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17855))
+
+### Performance
+
+* Bring back hardlinking big files ([#17878](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17878))
+
+* Don't invalidate watched files if non-perms metadata changed ([#17875](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17875))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* docs: mention name clashing between custom goals and options when writing plugins ([#17899](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17899))
+
+* docs: add tutorial to get started writing plugins: No 1 ([#17732](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17732))
+
+* Document batched `pytest` execution. ([#17845](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17845))
+
+* Tweak the docs about __defaults__. ([#17829](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17829))
+
+* docs: extend python test goal with info on collecting tests with pytests ([#17894](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/17894))
+
 ## 2.16.0.dev3 (Dec 16, 2022)
 
 ### New Features