[release-1.6] 📖 Sync version and release docs with main

[sbueringer]

Signed-off-by: Stefan Büringer buringerst@vmware.com

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Includes changes from #9971 #9972

[chrischdi]

/lgtm

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[fabriziopandini]

Includes changes from #9971 and a few other PRs

Could you kindly list those PRs for reference?

[g-gaston]

/lgtm

[sbueringer]

Includes changes from #9971 and a few other PRs

Could you kindly list those PRs for reference?

Okay I look them up (I just synced the files, I didn't cherry-pick multiple PRs with git cherry-pick)

[sbueringer]

@fabriziopandini List of PRs should be complete now

[fabriziopandini]

/lgtm
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