Update release process docs for previous major version dropdowns
As noted in #1106 (closed), the doc release process doesn't include steps for updating the dropdown lists for previous major versions. This step is not automated, so the writer on doc release duty must manually create the MRs to update these dropdowns.
In the linked issue above, it was also noted there are a few other steps could be clarified in the doc release process and general information we can add to our doc deployment page.
Update doc release process
This should be done first, so the steps are available for the writer that does the 14.5 deployment.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-docs/-/blob/main/doc/releases.md
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Add steps to manually create MRs to update the previous major version dropdowns. -
Add step to wait until registry is updated with the latest versioned doc images. -
Add suggestion to run the scheduled pipeline a second time to deploy live site.
Update general doc deployment docs
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/documentation/site_architecture/deployment_process.html
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Add an overview of the container dependencies (#1106 (comment 715308526)) -
Add an overview of job conditions (#1106 (comment 715328437))
Edited by Kati Paizee