[9.2] (backport #20843) Fix patch release workflow version

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Motivation/summary

• Fix patch release workflow to take in to-be-released version, but use bumped version for update PRs.
• Remove changelog PRs from workflow, since we create them manually.
• Remove update-version-makefile since it is no longer used.

How to test these changes

Run the workflow.

Example: https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/actions/runs/24068944954.

Related issues

Closes #20731.

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• ✅ Entered queue — 2026-04-13 05:12 UTC · Rule: default
• ✅ Checks started · on draft merge queue: embarking 9.2 (4ccc7b4) and #20852 together #20873
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💚 Build Succeeded

• Buildkite Build
• Commit: 6cdbb21

History

• 💚 Build #10170 succeeded efad05d
• 💔 Build #10162 failed 7cddc3d

cc @ericywl