[VOL-5061] - docs.voltha.org: Update release page.On branch dev-joey

[VOL-5079]

conf.py
sphinx_conf/exclude_patterns.py
sphinx_conf/linkcheck_ignore.py
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  o Refactor large URL and path exclusion lists into separate files.
  o Update linkcheck release_notes/*.html patterns to exclude by regex.

release_notes/voltha_2.12.rst
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  o Update deployed package grid with current version strings.
  o Re-arrange structure to display 'artifacts', include links
    for pkg, pkg-app and pkg-api artifact downloads.
  o Replace sonatype/nexus urls(staging) with direct links to maven central.

requirements.txt
----------------
  o Added missing python package sphinx-reload.

howto/release/components/apache-karaf/
howto/release/components/atomix/
howto/release/components/onos/
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  o Capture dependencies, version upgrades and sources to endit
    for current package release deployments.

To view changes live:
  o git checkout voltha-docs
  o cd voltha-docs
  o make reload

Change-Id: I7b88f9d4d3329abcbe98ebbb4dbb94587088f8b9
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 57a2bbc..83daea2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
 Sphinx~=4.1.2
 doc8~=0.9.0
 docutils==0.16
@@ -6,3 +8,7 @@
 sphinxcontrib-openapi~=0.6.0
 sphinxcontrib-spelling~=7.2.1
 git+https://github.com/zdw/sphinx-multiversion@ec7c01cdaf2f9241245e84483dfb9bc0d0dffc62
+
+sphinx-reload
+
+# [EOF]