Merge branch 'v4' into 1792-inline-template

Author: joelhawksley

docs/CHANGELOG.md

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 ## 4.0.0
 
+Almost six years after releasing [v1.0.0](https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/releases/tag/v1.0.0), we are proud to ship ViewComponent 4. This release marks a shift towards a Long Term Support model for the project, having reached significant feature maturity. While contributions are always welcome, we are unlikely to accept further breaking changes or major feature additions.
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+This release makes the following breaking changes:
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 * BREAKING: `--inline` generator option now generates inline template. Use `--call` to generate `#call` method.
 
     *Joel Hawksley*

docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

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 _ViewComponent is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration. By participating you agree to abide by the [Contributor Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)._
 
+_As of version 4, ViewComponent is considered feature-complete. While contributions are always welcome, we are unlikely to accept further breaking changes or significant feature additions._
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 Hi there! We're thrilled that you'd like to contribute to ViewComponent. Your help is essential for keeping it great.
 
 If you have any substantial changes that you would like to make, please [open an issue](http://github.com/viewcomponent/view_component/issues/new) first to discuss them with us.

docs/history.md

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 We propose that we make at least one release with the new API and no deprecation
 warning followed by another release that includes the deprecation warning. This
 will give teams some time to migrate before running into deprecation warnings.
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+## May 2024: ViewComponent 4
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+ViewComponent 4 is released and the project is moved into Long-Term Support, recognizing the feature-completeness of the framework.

docs/index.md

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 A framework for creating reusable, testable & encapsulated view components, built to integrate seamlessly with Ruby on Rails.
 
+_As of version 4, ViewComponent is in Long-Term Support and generally considered feature-complete._
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 ## What's a ViewComponent?
 
 ViewComponents are Ruby objects used to build markup. Think of them as an evolution of the presenter pattern, inspired by [React](https://reactjs.org/docs/react-component.html).