chore: release candidate 2.4.0rc1

Author: parthea

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-core/#history
 
-## [2.4.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-cloud-core/compare/v2.3.3...v2.4.0) (2023-12-03)
+## [2.4.0rc1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-cloud-core/compare/v2.3.3...v2.4.0rc1) (2023-12-03)
 
 
 ### Features

google/cloud/version.py

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.4.0"
+__version__ = "2.4.0rc1"