Prepare release notes for v1.6.24

Signed-off-by: Akhil Mohan <makhil@vmware.com>

releases/v1.6.24.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# commit to be tagged for new release
+commit = "HEAD"
+
+# project_name is used to refer to the project in the notes
+project_name = "containerd"
+
+# github_repo is the github project, only github is currently supported
+github_repo = "containerd/containerd"
+
+# match_deps is a pattern to determine which dependencies should be included
+# as part of this release. The changelog will also include changes for these
+# dependencies based on the change in the dependency's version.
+match_deps = "^github.com/(containerd/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)$"
+
+# previous release of this project for determining changes
+previous = "v1.6.23"
+
+# pre_release is whether to include a disclaimer about being a pre-release
+pre_release = false
+
+# preface is the description of the release which precedes the author list
+# and changelog. This description could include highlights as well as any
+# description of changes. Use markdown formatting.
+preface = """\
+The twenty-fourth patch release for containerd 1.6 contains various fixes and updates.
+
+### Notable Updates
+
+* **CRI: fix leaked shim caused by high IO pressure** ([#9004](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/9004))
+* **Update to go1.20.8** ([#9073](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/9073))
+* **Update runc to v1.1.9** ([#8966](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/8966))
+* **Backport: add configurable mount options to overlay snapshotter** ([#8961](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/8961))
+* **log: cleanups and improvements to decouple more from logrus** ([#9002](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/9002))
+
+See the changelog for complete list of changes"""

version/version.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "1.6.23+unknown"
+	Version = "1.6.24+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.