update js dependencies

[briehl]

Description of PR purpose/changes

Update JS dependencies for December 2024. Also update release notes.

Also add some "ignore" directives to dependabot for various packages that, for various reasons, need to be kept frozen a while longer (or removed).

[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
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0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 25.90%. Comparing base (90ed107) to head (533b609).
Report is 4 commits behind head on develop.

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