devel-docs: add an addition release step to test the package.
We regularly have package issues which are discovered soon after release. Let's try a new step in the release process where we would build packages in advance just for testing.
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@harrymichal and @hfiguiere) of the upcoming release so they have
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some time to sort out issues with their builds.
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( ) Freeze the repository a few days before release, except for
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absolute obvious bug fixes. Ask packagers to make a test package
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based on current HEAD of the release branch. Post links to these
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test packages on a bug report titled "GIMP X.Y.Z release testing".
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Propose all willing testers to try these packages.
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( ) Wait until the date specified in the announcements, use this time
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to get bug fixes applied which don't modify strings.
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