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Update release documentation

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Update the release documentation about dependencies.
* We now have dependabot to auto-update things.
* Add note about some manual dependency work.

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@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ Maintaining the release branches for older minor releases happens on a best effo
A few days before a major or minor release, consider updating the dependencies.
Then create a pull request against the main branch.
Note that we use [Dependabot](.github/dependabot.yml) to continuously update most things automatically. Therefore, most dependencies should be up to date.
Check the [dependencies GitHub label](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/labels/dependencies) to see if there are any pending updates.
This bot currently does not manage `+incompatible` and `v0.0.0` in the version specifier for Go modules.
Note that after a dependency update, you should look out for any weirdness that
might have happened. Such weirdnesses include but are not limited to: flaky
@ -95,7 +98,9 @@ This is also a good time to consider any experimental features and feature
flags for promotion to stable or for deprecation or ultimately removal. Do any
of these in pull requests, one per feature.
#### Updating Go dependencies
#### Manually updating Go dependencies
This is usually only needed for `+incompatible` and `v0.0.0` non-semver updates.
```bash
make update-go-deps
@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ git add go.mod go.sum
git commit -m "Update dependencies"
```
#### Updating React dependencies
#### Manually updating React dependencies
The React application recently moved to a monorepo system with multiple internal npm packages. Dependency upgrades are
quite sensitive for the time being.