Add zarr-developers#1142 for Greg's work

Author: joshmoore

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 default_stages: [commit, push]
 default_language_version:
-  python: python3.8
+  python: python3.9
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
     rev: 3.8.2
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v2.3.0
     hooks:
-    - id: check-yaml
+    - id: check-yaml

docs/release.rst

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Major changes
 
 * **Zarr v3: add support for the default root path** rather than requiring
   that all API users pass an explicit path.
-  By :user:`Gregory R. Lee <grlee77>` :issue:`1085`.
+  By :user:`Gregory R. Lee <grlee77>` :issue:`1085`, :issue:`1142`.
 
 
 Bug fixes