4.4.68: Dependency refresh, ignore rules cleanup, and license update

Overview

This release is primarily maintenance-focused: it finalizes the package version for 4.4.68, refreshes npm dependencies (and the lockfile), updates ignore rules for common local/build artifacts, and updates the LICENSE copyright notice.

Changes in 4.4.68

Dependency updates (runtime + dev)

• Updated npm dependencies and regenerated package-lock.json.
• Runtime dependency ranges are now:
  • @fjell/core: ^4.4.78
  • @fjell/logging: ^4.4.71
• Dev toolchain versions were also refreshed (notably TypeScript/Vitest/ESLint-related packages), which may affect local development environments and CI behavior.

Impact

• Library consumers: No direct API changes in this repo as part of this release; the main functional impact comes from updated transitive behavior in @fjell/* dependencies.
• Maintainers/contributors: Expect some lockfile churn and potentially different lint/test behavior due to devDependency updates.

Repo hygiene: .gitignore expanded

• Added additional ignore patterns for local environment files, build outputs, IDE settings, coverage output, and other common generated artifacts (including RELEASE_NOTES.md and .kodrdriv* files).

Impact

• Reduces accidental commits of local/CI artifacts and development environment files.

Licensing

• Updated the LICENSE copyright notice (Apache 2.0 license text remains).

Breaking changes

• None detected in the changes from main to HEAD.

Notes for developers

• If you maintain reproducible installs, run npm install to ensure your local package-lock.json matches your environment after the dependency refresh.
• The lockfile’s root package metadata may still reflect a prior dev snapshot version string in some tooling contexts; regenerating the lockfile locally will normalize this if it matters for your workflow.