Improve release process

[dtzar]

Signed-off-by: David Tesar [email protected]

What type of PR is this?
Helps improve the flow of the release process steps including making it more clear how an outside contributor could help with this process if desired.

/kind documentation

What this PR does / why we need it:

Improve release process docs

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[mboersma]

/lgtm

Thanks @dtzar, I think this does clarify the order of operations among other things. 👍🏻

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[dtzar]

I would like some feedback from @mboersma and @jackfrancis on the post-release steps.

Specifically:

1. Are there any steps there we think should be release-blocking?
2. Is there a more optimal or combined order of operations?

[nawazkh]

/lgtm

[jackfrancis]

/lgtm
/approve

I have some follow-up thoughts but this is a material improvement, let's land this, thanks @dtzar!

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