Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35132: doc: update release process to mention security advisories pre-announcements

4abc0c2e04 doc: update release process to mention security advisories pre-announcements (Antoine Poinsot)

Pull request description:

  We missed a pre-announcement with the release of 31.0. This updates the release process docs to make sure we check those before publishing a major release.

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@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:
<https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>
With the release of this new major version, versions *version minus 3* and
older are at "End of Life" and will no longer receive updates.
In accordance with the security policy, we will in two weeks disclose:
* Medium and high severity vulnerabilities fixed in *version minus 2*. There are N of these.
* Low severity vulnerabilities fixed in *version*. There are M of these.
How to Upgrade
==============

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@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Release Process
- set `CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR` to `0`
- set `CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD` to `0`
- set `CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true`
* Check with the security team whether there is any security advisory to pre-announce.
#### Before branch-off
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ cat "$VERSION"/*/all.SHA256SUMS.asc > SHA256SUMS.asc
- Create a [new GitHub release](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/new) with a link to the archived release notes
- Announce the release:
- Announce the release, along with any security advisory pre-announcements:
- bitcoin-dev and bitcoin-core-dev mailing list