Update release notes for 7.4-rc.1 (#10576)

reference/7.4/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Telemetry.md

@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ Describes the telemetry collected in PowerShell and how to opt-out.
 ## Long description
 
 PowerShell sends basic telemetry data to Microsoft using Application Insights.
-This data allows us to better understand the environments where PowerShell is
-used and enables us to prioritize new features and fixes. The telemetry
-includes anonymized information about the host running PowerShell, and
-information about how PowerShell is used.
+This data allows us to better understand the environments using PowerShell and
+enables us to prioritize new features and fixes. PowerShell anonymizes the
+telemetry information before sending.
 
 PowerShell sends the following information at startup:
 
@@ -46,14 +45,15 @@ PowerShell sends the following information during the session:
 
 - The count of calls to the `PowerShell.Create()` API
 - The names and versions of Microsoft-owned modules loaded
+- The count of loaded modules that have the `CrescendoBuilt` tag
 - The names of enabled experimental features
 - The names of disabled experimental features
-- Value of `$PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference` experimental feature, either
-  `true`, `false` or `unset`
+- Value of `$PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference` preference variable,
+  either `true`, `false` or `unset`
 - The count of remote session open operations
 
-This information is sent periodically during the lifetime of the session. This
-information is sent regardless of the host application.
+PowerShell sends this information periodically during the lifetime of the
+session in all host applications.
 
 To opt-out of this telemetry, set the environment variable
 `$env:POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT` to `true`, `yes`, or `1`.
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ Microsoft, users shouldn't change this value.
 For more information about these environment variables, see
 [about_Environment_Variables][01].
 
-For more information about Microsoft's statement on privacy, see [Microsoft Privacy Statement][03]
+For more information about Microsoft's statement on privacy, see
+[Microsoft Privacy Statement][03]
 
 <!-- link references -->
 [01]: about_environment_variables.md#powershell-environment-variables

reference/docs-conceptual/install/Installing-PowerShell-on-Windows.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 description: Information about installing PowerShell on Windows
-ms.date: 10/11/2023
+ms.date: 10/25/2023
 title: Installing PowerShell on Windows
 ---
 # Installing PowerShell on Windows
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ winget search Microsoft.PowerShell
 Name               Id                           Version Source
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 PowerShell         Microsoft.PowerShell         7.3.8.0 winget
-PowerShell Preview Microsoft.PowerShell.Preview 7.4.0.3 winget
+PowerShell Preview Microsoft.PowerShell.Preview 7.4.0.6 winget
 ```
 
 Install PowerShell or PowerShell Preview using the `id` parameter

reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-debian.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 description: Information about installing PowerShell on Debian Linux
-ms.date: 09/26/2023
+ms.date: 10/25/2023
 title: Installing PowerShell on Debian
 ---
 # Installing PowerShell on Debian
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ The link to the current version is:
   - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.3.8/powershell_7.3.8-1.deb_amd64.deb`
 - PowerShell 7.2.15 universal package for supported versions of Debian
   - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.2.15/powershell-lts_7.2.15-1.deb_amd64.deb`
-- PowerShell 7.4-preview.5  universal package for supported versions of Debian
-  - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-preview.5/powershell-preview_7.4.0-preview.5-1.deb_amd64.deb`
+- PowerShell 7.4-rc.1  universal package for supported versions of Debian
+  - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-rc.1/powershell-preview_7.4.0-rc.1-1.deb_amd64.deb`
 
 The following shell script downloads and installs the current preview release of PowerShell. You can
 change the URL to download a the version of PowerShell you want to install.
@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install -y wget
 
 # Download the PowerShell package file
-wget https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-preview.5/powershell-preview_7.4.0-preview.5-1.deb_amd64.deb
+wget https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-rc.1/powershell-preview_7.4.0-rc.1-1.deb_amd64.deb
 
 ###################################
 # Install the PowerShell package
-sudo dpkg -i powershell-preview_7.4.0-preview.5-1.deb_amd64.deb
+sudo dpkg -i powershell-preview_7.4.0-rc.1-1.deb_amd64.deb
 
 # Resolve missing dependencies and finish the install (if necessary)
 sudo apt-get install -f
 
 # Delete the downloaded package file
-rm powershell-preview_7.4.0-preview.5-1.deb_amd64.deb
+rm powershell-preview_7.4.0-rc.1-1.deb_amd64.deb
 
 # Start PowerShell Preview
 pwsh-preview

reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-rhel.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 description: Information about installing PowerShell on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
-ms.date: 09/26/2023
+ms.date: 10/25/2023
 title: Installing PowerShell on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
 ---
 # Installing PowerShell on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ The link to the current version is:
 - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.3.8/powershell-7.3.8-1.rh.x86_64.rpm`
 - PowerShell 7.2.15 universal package for supported versions of RHEL
 - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.2.15/powershell-lts-7.2.15-1.rh.x86_64.rpm`
-- PowerShell 7.4-preview.5  universal package for supported versions of RHEL
-  - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-preview.5/powershell-preview-7.4.0_preview.5-1.rh.x86_64.rpm`
+- PowerShell 7.4-rc.1  universal package for supported versions of RHEL
+  - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-rc.1/powershell-preview-7.4.0_preview.5-1.rh.x86_64.rpm`
 
 The following shell script downloads and installs the current preview release of PowerShell. You can
 change the URL to download a the version of PowerShell you want to install.

reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-ubuntu.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 description: Information about installing PowerShell on Ubuntu
-ms.date: 10/24/2023
+ms.date: 10/25/2023
 title: Installing PowerShell on Ubuntu
 ---
 # Installing PowerShell on Ubuntu
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ The link to the current version is:
   - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.3.8/powershell_7.3.8-1.deb_amd64.deb`
 - PowerShell 7.2.15 universal package for supported versions of Ubuntu
   - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.2.15/powershell-lts_7.2.15-1.deb_amd64.deb`
-- PowerShell 7.4-preview.5  universal package for supported versions of Ubuntu
-  - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-preview.5/powershell-preview_7.4.0-preview.5-1.deb_amd64.deb`
+- PowerShell 7.4-rc.1  universal package for supported versions of Ubuntu
+  - `https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-rc.1/powershell-preview_7.4.0-rc.1-1.deb_amd64.deb`
 
 The following shell script downloads and installs the current preview release of PowerShell. You can
 change the URL to download a the version of PowerShell you want to install.
@@ -102,17 +102,17 @@ sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install -y wget
 
 # Download the PowerShell package file
-wget https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-preview.5/powershell-preview_7.4.0-preview.5-1.deb_amd64.deb
+wget https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.4.0-rc.1/powershell-preview_7.4.0-rc.1-1.deb_amd64.deb
 
 ###################################
 # Install the PowerShell package
-sudo dpkg -i powershell-preview_7.4.0-preview.5-1.deb_amd64.deb
+sudo dpkg -i powershell-preview_7.4.0-rc.1-1.deb_amd64.deb
 
 # Resolve missing dependencies and finish the install (if necessary)
 sudo apt-get install -f
 
 # Delete the downloaded package file
-rm powershell-preview_7.4.0-preview.5-1.deb_amd64.deb
+rm powershell-preview_7.4.0-rc.1-1.deb_amd64.deb
 
 # Start PowerShell Preview
 pwsh-preview

reference/docs-conceptual/whats-new/What-s-New-in-PowerShell-74.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 title: What's New in PowerShell 7.4 (preview)
 description: New features and changes released in PowerShell 7.4 (preview)
-ms.date: 09/29/2023
+ms.date: 10/25/2023
 ---
 
 # What's New in PowerShell 7.4 (preview)
 
-PowerShell 7.4-preview.6 includes the following features, updates, and breaking changes. PowerShell
-7.4 is now built on .NET 8.0.0-preview.7.
+PowerShell 7.4-rc.1 includes the following features, updates, and breaking changes. PowerShell
+7.4 is now built on .NET 8.0.0-rc.2.
 
 For a complete list of changes, see the [CHANGELOG][15] in the GitHub repository.
 
@@ -20,27 +20,28 @@ For a complete list of changes, see the [CHANGELOG][15] in the GitHub repository
 - Remove code related to `#requires -pssnapin` ([#19320][19320])
 - `Test-Json` now uses Json.Schema.Net instead of Newtonsoft.Json.Schema. With this change,
   `Test-Json` no longer supports the older Draft 4 schemas. ([#18141][18141]) (Thanks @gregsdennis!)
-- Output from`Test-Connection` now includes more detailed information about TCP connection tests
+- Output from `Test-Connection` now includes more detailed information about TCP connection tests
 
 ## Installer updates
 
 The Windows MSI package now provides an option to disable PowerShell telemetry during installation.
 For more information, see [Install the msi package from the command line][01].
 
-## Inclusion of PSResourceGet
+## Updated versions of PSResourceGet and PSReadLine
 
-As of PowerShell 7.4-preview.6, **Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet** v0.9.0-rc1 is now included.
-This module is installed side-by-side with **PowerShellGet** v2.2.5 and **PackageManagement**
-v1.4.8.1.
+PowerShell 7.4-rc.1 now includes **Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet** v1.0.0. This module is
+installed side-by-side with **PowerShellGet** v2.2.5 and **PackageManagement** v1.4.8.1. For more
+information, see the documentation for [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet][14].
 
-For more information, see the documentation for [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet][14].
+PowerShell 7.4-rc.1 now includes **PSReadLine** v2.3.4. For more information, see the documentation
+for [PSReadLine][13].
 
 ## Tab completion improvements
 
 Many thanks to **@MartinGC94** and others for all their work to improve tab completion.
 
 - Fix issue when completing the first command in a script with an empty array expression
-  ([[#18355][18355])
+  ([#18355][18355])
 - Fix positional argument completion ([#17796][17796])
 - Prioritize the default parameter set when completing positional arguments ([#18755][18755])
 - Improve pseudo binding for dynamic parameters ([#18030][18030])
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ Many thanks to **@CarloToso** and others for all the work on improving web cmdle
 
 ## Other cmdlet improvements
 
+- `Test-Connection` now returns error about the need to use `sudo` on Linux platforms when using a
+  custom buffer size ([#20369][20369])
 - Add output types to Format commands ([#18746][18746]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
 - Add output type attributes for `Get-WinEvent` ([#17948][17948]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
 - Add **Path** and **LiteralPath** parameters to `Test-Json` cmdlet ([#19042][19042]) (Thanks
@@ -156,6 +159,7 @@ Updates to `$PSStyle`
   values to ANSI escape sequences ([#17938][17938])
 - Table headers for calculated fields are formatted in italics by default
 - Add support of respecting `$PSStyle.OutputRendering` on the remote host ([#19601][19601])
+- Updated telemetry data to include use of `CrescendoBuilt` modules ([#20371][20371])
 
 Other Engine updates
 
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ For more information about the Experimental Features, see [Using Experimental Fe
 [10]: ../learn/experimental-features.md#psnativecommandpreservebytepipe
 [11]: ../learn/experimental-features.md#pswindowsnativecommandargpassing
 
+[13]: /powershell/module/psreadline
 [14]: /powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.psresourceget
 [15]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/CHANGELOG/preview.md
 [14953]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/14953
@@ -316,3 +321,5 @@ For more information about the Experimental Features, see [Using Experimental Fe
 [19831]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/19831
 [19683]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/19683
 [19824]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/19824
+[20369]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/20369
+[20371]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/20371