Release improvements

Signed-off-by: Ryan Levick <ryan.levick@fermyon.com>

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -37,22 +37,23 @@ jobs:
       if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/tests-v')
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref_name }} | cut -c 7-)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "RELEASE_NOTE='The ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }} release of the conformance tests.'" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref_name }} | cut -c 7-)
+        echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "RELEASE_NOTE=The $RELEASE_VERSION release of the conformance tests." >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: set the release version (main)
       if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
       shell: bash
       run: |
         echo "RELEASE_VERSION=canary" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "RELEASE_NOTE='This is a "canary" release of the most recent commits on our main branch. Canary is **not stable**.'" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "RELEASE_NOTE=This is a "canary" release of the most recent commits on our main branch. Canary is **not stable**." >> $GITHUB_ENV
     
     - name: Recreate canary release
       uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.14.0
       with:
         tag:  "${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
         allowUpdates: true
-        prerelease: true
+        prerelease: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION == 'canary' }}
         artifacts: "tests.tar.gz"
         commit: ${{ github.sha }}
         body: "${{ env.RELEASE_NOTE }}"