[main] add 52.4.0 changelog (#21053)

~(Draft until we have actually released 52.4.0)~

## Which issue does this PR close?

- part of #20855 

## Rationale for this change

Get the changelog and version update on main

## What changes are included in this PR?

- Forward ports #21004
- Fix changelog issue noticed by @Omega359 in
#20878 (comment)

## Are these changes tested?

By CI

## Are there any user-facing changes?

New version / Change log

Author: alamb

dev/changelog/52.4.0.md

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+# Apache DataFusion 52.4.0 Changelog
+
+This release consists of 11 commits from 10 contributors. See credits at the end of this changelog for more information.
+
+See the [upgrade guide](https://datafusion.apache.org/library-user-guide/upgrading.html) for information on how to upgrade from previous versions.
+
+**Other:**
+
+- [branch-52] fix: maintain inner list nullability for `array_sort` (#19948) [#20878](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20878) (Jefffrey)
+- [branch-52] fix: Ensure columns are casted to the correct names with Unions (#20146) [#20879](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20879) (nuno-faria)
+- [branch-52] fix: interval analysis error when have two filterexec that inner filter proves zero selectivity (#20743) [#20880](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20880) (haohuaijin)
+- [branch-52] fix: Return `probe_side.len()` for RightMark/Anti count(\*) queries (#20710) [#20881](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20881) (jonathanc-n)
+- [branch-52] fix: disable dynamic filter pushdown for non min/max aggregates (#20279) [#20877](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20877) (notashes)
+- [branch-52] Fix duplicate group keys after hash aggregation spill (#20724) (#20858) [#20917](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20917) (gboucher90)
+- [branch-52] perf: Cache num_output_rows in sort merge join to avoid O(n) recount (#20478) [#20936](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20936) (andygrove)
+- [branch-52] fix: SanityCheckPlan error with window functions and NVL filter (#20231) [#20931](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20931) (EeshanBembi)
+- [branch-52] chore: Ignore RUSTSEC-2024-0014 (#20862) [#21020](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21020) (comphead)
+- [branch-52] fix: InList Dictionary filter pushdown type mismatch (#20962) [#20997](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20997) (alamb)
+- [branch-52] Update to use lz4_flex 0.12.1 and quinn-proto 0.11.14 [#21009](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21009) (alamb)
+
+## Credits
+
+Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release. Here is a breakdown of commits (PRs merged) per contributor.
+
+```
+     2	Andrew Lamb
+     1	Andy Grove
+     1	EeshanBembi
+     1	Guillaume Boucher
+     1	Huaijin
+     1	Jeffrey Vo
+     1	Jonathan Chen
+     1	Nuno Faria
+     1	Oleks V
+     1	notashes
+```
+
+Thank you also to everyone who contributed in other ways such as filing issues, reviewing PRs, and providing feedback on this release.