TRACKER - Release automation

[VannTen]

What would you like to be added

/kind design

Elements:

• Automate most (all) of the process in RELEASE.md
• Add a way to auto-add blocking issues/PRs to release (maybe leverage Github milestones + the prow milestone plugin)
• Auto-trigger "release proposal" given some conditions (time/kubernetes releases/some types of merged PRs etc)
• (in the distant future) -> use github attestation for release artifacts (for example a container image of an Ansible execution environment

Why is this needed

• Make the release process more systematic
• Release more often
• Less busywork for maintainers.

[tico88612]

/priority important-longterm

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[tico88612]

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[VannTen]

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