Add changelog for 3.6.4-RC1

Author: WojciechMazur

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+# Highlights of the release
+
+- Add REPL init script setting [#22206](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22206)
+- Support for JDK 24 [#22250](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22250)
+- Merge -Xno-decode-stacktraces with -Xno-enrich-error-messages [#22208](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22208)
+- Do not lift annotation arguments [#22035](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22035)
+
+# Other changes and fixes
+
+## Annotations
+
+- Make sure symbols in annotation trees are fresh before pickling [#22002](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22002)
+- Consider all arguments in Annotations.refersToParamOf [#22001](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22001)
+- Do not lift annotation arguments (bis) [#22046](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22046)
+
+## Desugaring
+
+- Fix #22051: only trust the type application part for case class unapplies [#22099](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22099)
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Update example code linked to obsolete content in  macros-spec.md  [#22256](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22256)
+
+## Experimental: Capture Checking
+
+- Fix #21868, #21869, and #21870: handle CapsOf in more places [#21875](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21875)
+- Refine rules for capture parameters and members [#22000](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22000)
+- Add a hint for using CC with REPL [#22220](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22220)
+- Consolidate CC [#21863](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21863)
+
+## Experimental: Global Initialization
+
+- Fix crash when initializing val in ByName closure [#22354](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22354)
+
+## Experimental: Named Tuples
+
+- Handle TypeProxy of Named Tuples in unapply [#22325](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22325)
+- Fail more eagerly when trying to adapt named unapply patterns [#22315](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22315)
+- Widen singleton types when computing fields from .Fields [#22149](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22149)
+- Fix .toTuple insertion [#22028](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22028)
+
+## Extension Methods
+
+- Tweak ExtensionNullifiedByMember [#22268](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22268)
+- Nowarn extension matching nonpublic member [#21825](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21825)
+
+## Implicits
+
+- Rollback constraints in compareAppliedTypeParamRef [#22339](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22339)
+- Try implicit searching after finding dynamic select [#22318](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22318)
+
+## Inline
+
+- Drop phase.isTyper use in isLegalPrefix/asf [#21954](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21954)
+
+## Linting
+
+- Allow discarding "Discarded non-Unit" warnings with `: Unit` [#21927](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21927)
+
+## Match Types
+
+- Fix #21841: Check more that an `unapplySeq` on a `NonEmptyTuple` is valid. [#22366](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22366)
+- Type avoidance in MT bound inference [#22142](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22142)
+
+## Metaprogramming
+
+- Rethrow SuspendExceptions caught in CodeGen phase [#22009](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22009)
+
+## Metaprogramming: Compile-time
+
+- Extend compiletime.testing.typechecks with certain transform phases [#21185](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21185)
+
+## Nullability
+
+- Fix #21619: Refactor NotNullInfo to record every reference which is retracted once. [#21624](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21624)
+
+## Presentation Compiler
+
+- Use new infer expected type for singleton complations [#21421](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21421)
+- Fix match error in keyword completions [#22138](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22138)
+
+## Reflection
+
+- Do not return java outline dummy constructor in `primaryConstructor` [#22104](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22104)
+
+## Reporting
+
+- Normalise the types for Type Mismatch Error (E007) [#22337](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22337)
+- Improve given search preference warning [#22189](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22189)
+- Better error messages when an enum derives from AnyVal [#22236](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22236)
+- Correctly print litteral types in the refined printer [#22351](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22351)
+
+## Rewrites
+
+- Undo patch of double-block apply [#21982](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21982)
+
+## Scaladoc
+
+- Scaladoc: Add support for named tuples [#22263](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22263)
+
+## Settings
+
+- Limit exposure to ConcurrentModificationException when sys props are replaced or mutated [#22180](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22180)
+
+## Specification
+
+- Align the spec to allow the  marker [#22323](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22323)
+- Integrate the specification for match types. [#22164](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22164)
+
+## Transform
+
+- Fix #22226: Use `classOf[BoxedUnit]` for Unit array in `ArrayConstructors`. [#22238](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22238)
+
+## Typer
+
+- Fixes for isLegalPrefix change [#22241](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/22241)
+- Resolve name when named imp is behind wild imps [#21888](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/21888)
+
+# Contributors
+
+Thank you to all the contributors who made this release possible 🎉
+
+According to `git shortlog -sn --no-merges 3.6.3..3.6.4-RC1` these are:
+
+```
+    46  Martin Odersky
+    33  noti0na1
+    17  Wojciech Mazur
+    14  Dale Wijnand
+    13  Matt Bovel
+    11  Hamza Remmal
+     7  Jan Chyb
+     6  aherlihy
+     5  Kacper Korban
+     5  Seth Tisue
+     5  Som Snytt
+     4  Oliver Bračevac
+     4  Yichen Xu
+     3  Sébastien Doeraene
+     3  dependabot[bot]
+     3  kasiaMarek
+     2  João Ferreira
+     1  David Hua
+     1  Eugene Flesselle
+     1  Eugene Yokota
+     1  Florian3k
+     1  Jędrzej Rochala
+     1  Kenji Yoshida
+     1  Mathias
+     1  Natsu Kagami
+     1  Oleg Zenzin
+     1  Piotr Chabelski
+     1  Rui Chen
+     1  philippus
+     1  rochala
+     1  xiaoshihou
+```