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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Jehan 2022-06-20 21:54:13 +02:00
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@harrymichal and @hfiguiere) of the upcoming release so they have
some time to sort out issues with their builds.
( ) Freeze the repository a few days before release, except for
absolute obvious bug fixes. Ask packagers to make a test package
based on current HEAD of the release branch. Post links to these
test packages on a bug report titled "GIMP X.Y.Z release testing".
Propose all willing testers to try these packages.
( ) Wait until the date specified in the announcements, use this time
to get bug fixes applied which don't modify strings.