update changes log for yaml improvements etc

[derrickaw]

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This pull request updates the project's changelog to document several recent enhancements, including infrastructure improvements like CodeQL integration and Java 17 upgrades for the IO Expansion Service, as well as significant feature additions for the Yaml component.

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• Documentation Update: Updated the CHANGES.md file to reflect recent improvements and infrastructure changes.
• Yaml Improvements: Added support for HuggingFaceModelHandler, WriteToMongoDB, and WriteToDatadog transforms, and migrated the js2py library to quickjs.
• Infrastructure and IO: Included updates regarding CodeQL scanning alerts and the upgrade of the IO Expansion Service to Java 17.

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This pull request updates the CHANGES.md file to document recent updates, including enabling CodeQL scanning alerts, upgrading the IO Expansion Service to Java 17, switching the YAML js2py library to QuickJS, and adding several new YAML transforms (HuggingFaceModelHandler, WriteToMongoDB, and WriteToDatadog). The review feedback focuses on standardizing capitalization and spelling in the changelog, specifically correcting 'Github' to 'GitHub', 'Yaml' to 'YAML', and 'quickjs' to 'QuickJS'.

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R: @Amar3tto

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[shunping]

Do we need to cherry-pick it to 2.75?

[derrickaw]

Do we need to cherry-pick it to 2.75?

#39102 (review)