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Update release documentation 

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

Signed-off-by: SuperQ <superq@gmail.com>
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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. 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 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 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 flags for promotion to stable or for deprecation or ultimately removal. Do any
of these in pull requests, one per feature. 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 ```bash
make update-go-deps make update-go-deps
@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ git add go.mod go.sum
git commit -m "Update dependencies" 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 The React application recently moved to a monorepo system with multiple internal npm packages. Dependency upgrades are
quite sensitive for the time being. quite sensitive for the time being.