Release v6.2.0-beta.0

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What

Release a new version of GOV.UK Frontend with the latest changes we've built.

Why

So people can use this new version

Who needs to work on this

Technical writers, Developers

Who needs to review this

Technical writers, Developers

Done when

Comms preparation

• Draft release notes
• Draft comms

GOV.UK Frontend

• Follow our process to release GOV.UK Frontend to npm and GitHub

Design System site

• Bump the version of govuk-frontend
• Update the "What's new" section on the homepage
• Update the "Recently shipped" section of the roadmap

Frontend docs

• Bump the version of govuk-frontend
• Draft documentation on how we want users to @use GOV.UK Frontend govuk-frontend-docs#599
• Update Sassdoc for settings to use @use in examples configuring GOV.UK Frontend govuk-frontend-docs#604
• 6.2.0 content changes govuk-frontend-docs#615

Comms

• Send comms on Slack channels
• Send comms to mailing list

Logistics

• Ensure issues published in the release are gathered in a GitHub milestone
• Verify that decisions are appropriately documented (in code/issues/pull request comments or in separate documents linked from issues/pull requests)
• Update state of published issues on project board
• Close published issues when appropriate
• Open any follow-up issues if necessary