Updated readme re v4

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If you've been using v2 and want/need to upgrade, checkout the [upgrade guide](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/upgrading-from-v2).
## V4 is in development!
Beta will soon be released for community feedback!
V4 will be quite different from V3 (sorry for the migration), however it will be much more similar to ```jq```, use a similar expression syntax and therefore support much more complex functionality!
If you're keen - check out the alpha release [here](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/) or the docs (also in alpha) [here](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x-alpha/).
V4 is quite different from V3 (sorry for the migration), however it will be much more similar to ```jq```, use a similar expression syntax and therefore support much more complex functionality!
For now - new features will be held off from V3 in anticipation of the V4 build. Critical fixes / issues will still be released.
## Known Issues / Missing Features
- `yq` attempts to preserve comment positions and whitespace as much as possible, but it does not handle all scenarios (see https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/tree/v3 for details)
- You cannot (yet) select multiple paths/keys from the yaml to be printed out (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/287)
- You cannot (yet) select multiple paths/keys from the yaml to be printed out (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/287) (although you can in v4!)