This release addresses issues preventing Drupal 9 support and introduces a Package Source Plugin type, allowing plugins to define behavior specific to different kinds of data sources and the operations required to gather files related to those data sources. New JSON:API and REST Export plugins handle the heavy lifting for each export type now.
This is a beta release for the next major version of Drupal. Drupal 9 beta releases are intended for site owners and module or theme authors to test compatibility and upgrade paths for Drupal 9.0. Beta releases are not intended for production.