Prepare for 24.6 release

Summary

• chore: prepare changelog for 24.6

• chore: update AUTHORS

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• chore: avoid need to update version in luamod every release

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• Cherry-pick to: none
• Docs follow-up: not necessary

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• bd91522b - chore: avoid need to update version in luamod every release
• 9e14de68 - chore: update AUTHORS
• d9e93d8f - chore: prepare changelog for 24.6

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