Items to do upon creating the release issue

Fill in the Meta section
Assign the issue to the release owner and reviewer.
Name the issue "Release vX.Y.Z"
Set the proper values for X.Y.Z
Pin the issue

Meta

Release owner: @who
Release reviewer: @who
Expected RC date: week of YYYY-MM-DD
🚢 Expected final release date: YYYY-MM-DD
Release PR:
Thunderdome PR:
Accompanying PR for improving the release process: (example)
Changelog: https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/docs/changelogs/vX.Y.md

Items In Scope

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Nice To Have (Optional)