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Add a few notes to release docs #1479

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Merge branch 'main' into release-process-notes
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Expand Up @@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ git tag -a -s -m 'Release 2.4.8' v2.4.8
git push origin v2.4.8
```

The tag push will trigger a GitHub Actions workflow. The remaining
steps require human intervention through the GitHub web view
although [automated solutions
The tag push will trigger a GitHub Actions workflow and will be
**immediately available** to the [Go module mirror, index, and
checksum database](https://proxy.golang.org/). The remaining steps
require human intervention through the GitHub web view although
[automated solutions
exist](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release) that may be
adopted in the future.

Expand All @@ -58,4 +60,6 @@ adopted in the future.

[^2]: This was not always true. The
[`docs/CHANGELOG.md`](./CHANGELOG.md) document used to be
manually maintained.
manually maintained. Relying on the automatic release notes
generation requires the use of **merge commits** as opposed to
squash merging or rebase merging.