Version v1.4.0 Release

Version 1.4.0 is the first release of the 1.4.x series. Besides some maintenance work and dependency updates there are a few highlights brought in by this release:

• Support for LayerGroups by introducing a LayerGroupClient with initial get, create and update functions. See API-Docs for more details
• Better CI by more tests and usage of the official GeoServer Docker image

List of all merged Pull Requests:

• @chrismayer: Update current GS versions in documentation (#180)
• @chrismayer: Update GeoServer versions in ci-geoserver-node-client.yml (#179)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump ip from 1.1.8 to 1.1.9 (#178)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/runtime from 7.23.2 to 7.23.9 (#177)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/core from 7.23.2 to 7.23.9 (#176)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/preset-env from 7.23.2 to 7.23.9 (#175)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/plugin-transform-runtime from 7.23.2 to 7.23.9 (#174)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/cli from 7.23.0 to 7.23.9 (#173)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump chai from 4.3.10 to 5.0.3 (#172)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump release-it from 16.2.1 to 17.0.3 (#171)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump eslint from 8.52.0 to 8.56.0 (#162)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump eslint-plugin-import from 2.29.0 to 2.29.1 (#161)
• @chrismayer: Update CI actions (#141)
• @chrismayer: Use GeoServer 2.23.3 for maintenance tests (#140)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump eslint from 8.51.0 to 8.52.0 (#139)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump eslint-plugin-import from 2.28.1 to 2.29.0 (#138)
• @hblitza: Add Support for LayerGroups (#137)
• @chrismayer: GeoServer version rotation 2.23.x / 2.24.x (#136)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/plugin-transform-runtime from 7.22.15 to 7.23.2 (#134)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/core from 7.23.0 to 7.23.2 (#133)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/runtime from 7.23.1 to 7.23.2 (#132)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump @babel/preset-env from 7.22.20 to 7.23.2 (#131)
• @chrismayer: Ensure returning created workspace name (#130)
• @hblitza: Update libs (#129)
• @chrismayer: Use official GeoServer Docker image in tests (#127)
• @chrismayer: Update dependencies (#126)
• @dependabot[bot]: Bump vm2 from 3.9.17 to 3.9.18 (#124)