Early branch creation: Update monthly documentation on the release/docs repo

Context

gitlab-com/gl-infra/software-delivery&1 (closed) will move the active stable branch generation to be done one week earlier in the release schedule to allow for thorough testing and timely backports. This will increase the quality, safety, and reliability of the monthly release while enabling a better developer experience and confidence.

Update monthly release documentation on release/docs

The monthly release documentation on the release/docs repo needs to be updated to reflect the new process:

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs/-/blob/master/general/monthly/process.md
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs/-/blob/master/general/monthly/release-manager.md
  • It should be specified that additional release candidates can be created if needed.