Release 1.1

[mpstefan]

Issue to release 1.1

Questions for Release:

• What other changes do we need to make to our release process?
• How much toil is now involved in our release?

Acceptance Criteria:

• A step in the release process is added to cover adding committers to the release notes for items they worked on.
• Update release branch reference in Netlify for docs publishing, and mention this change in the release process doc
• Run manual NFR tests

Full release process: https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric/blob/main/docs/developer/release-process.md

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1. 1.1 Data Plane Performance Test #1266
   refined size/small +2
   
2. 1.1 Graceful Recovery Test #1267
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3. 1.1 Longevity Test #1268
   refined size/small +2
   
4. 1.1 Reconfig Test #1269
   refined size/small +2
   
5. 1.1 Scale test #1270
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6. 1.1 Zero Downtime Scaling Test #1271
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7. 1.1 Zero Downtime Upgrades Test #1272
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8. Automate Data Plane Performance Test #1286
   refined size/medium tests +3