v1.40.0: Improve some dependency resolutions issues

What's Changed

• update version to v1.39.0-beta.1 by @ibuclaw in #2946
• Fix skipRegistry parsing unittest by @the-horo in #2948
• chore(path): Make a commonly triggered assert more verbose by @Geod24 in #2951
• Keep the default option for dependencies when serializing a sdl recipe by @the-horo in #2961
• Enable building against vibe.d 0.10.x by @s-ludwig in #2963
• Build only the "application" configuration with -preview=in by @s-ludwig in #2964
• Update actions/upload-artifact to v4 by @Geod24 in #2967
• Move FSEntry.{writeFile,readText,readFile} to MockFS by @Geod24 in #2966
• Ignore --arch switch if it doesn't affect the build by @the-horo in #2962
• packagesuppliers/filesystem.d: Fix out of bounds on invalid pkg names by @the-horo in #2957
• Do dependency resolution after checking valid configs by @grillo-delmal in #2960
• MockFS: Move all absolute-path-aware functions from FSEntry to MockFS by @Geod24 in #2969
• Merge stable by @kinke in #2976
• Fix Github CI following runner image changes by @Geod24 in #2982
• fix: Upgrade dependencies by @Geod24 in #2984
• deps: Update vendored D-YAML to v0.10.0 by @Geod24 in #2981
• fix: Do not install pkg-config via brew as it's already installed by @Geod24 in #2983
• feat: Test Dub on macOS-14 / arm64 by @Geod24 in #2985
• trivial: fix typo in test script output by @Geod24 in #2986
• fix: Rename source/dub/test/other.d to plural to match module declaration by @Geod24 in #2987
• refactor: Move path-awareness for mkdir and lookup to Mockfs by @Geod24 in #2990
• fix: Do not append empty recipePath to list of dependencies by @Geod24 in #2988
• fix: Ensure nameless FSEntry cannot be constructed by @Geod24 in #2989
• update version to v1.39.0-rc.1 by @ibuclaw in #2992
• fix 2698: cImportPaths doesn't work with dmd and ldc by @apbryan in #2818
• fix: Upgrade Ubuntu runners to 22.04 as 20.04 is EOL by @Geod24 in #2999

New Contributors

• @grillo-delmal made their first contribution in #2960
• @apbryan made their first contribution in #2818

Full Changelog: v1.39.0...v1.40.0