Update version and changelog (microsoft#14986) * Update version and changelog * Update package and package.lock json

Version and changelog update (microsoft#14982) 

Retrigger discovery in background if something has changed (microsoft… …#14944)

Point release: cherry picks, versions and change log update. (microso… …ft#14775) * Add new tryPylance banner experiments (microsoft#14759) Co-authored-by: Bill Schnurr <bschnurr@microsoft.com> * Put linter prompt behind experiment (microsoft#14731) * Add new linter prompt * Tests * Fix typos * Show linter install message only once. * Add more tests and news * Updates for point release. Co-authored-by: Jake Bailey <5341706+jakebailey@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Bill Schnurr <bschnurr@microsoft.com>

Point release change log and version update (microsoft#14750) * Point release change log and version update * Fix process picker (microsoft#14700) * Workaround VSCode bug for process picker * Fix how we pass in icons to VSCode * update change log with cherry pick Co-authored-by: Kartik Raj <karraj@microsoft.com>

Version, change log and cherrypicks for nov release (microsoft#14696) * change log updates * Update gifs * Fix for interpreter selection (microsoft#14693) * Fix for interpreter selection * Fix linting errors * Minor tweak to property removal

Don't call acquireVsCodeApi more than once (microsoft#14543) * Use globalThis * Make this.vscodeApi accessible and pass it through

update version, changelog and thrid party notices (microsoft#14280) 

Escaping fix broke a number of things (microsoft#14145) (microsoft#14154 ) * Fixes for escaping * Push a comment ot start PR again * Cache task is failing * Remove cache task * Not fixing so just put back cache task

fixed annoying warnings (microsoft#14049)