Prepare for 2.6.2-BETA release

Author: trask

CHANGELOG.md

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 # CHANGELOG
 
-# Version 2.6.2
-* Added additional error logging for troubleshooting issues loading JNI performance counter library. 
+# Version 2.6.2-BETA
+* Added additional error logging for troubleshooting issues loading JNI performance counter library
+  ([#1254](https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Java/pull/1254))
+* Fix backoff condition so that retries will continue indefinitely
+  ([#1253](https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Java/pull/1253))
 
 # Version 2.6.1
 * Fix shutdown issue due to non-daemon thread

gradle.properties

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 // Project properties
-version=2.6.2
+version=2.6.2-BETA
 group=com.microsoft.azure