[VOL-5009] - Update release notes

config.mk
makefiles/*
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  o Refresh library makefiles from https://github.com/opencord/onf-make.
  o More lint targets added with exclusions in config.mk

makefiles/virtualenv.mk
patches/lib/python3.10/site-packages/robot/utils/normalizing.py/patch
patches/lib/python3.10/site-packages/robot/utils/robottypes3.py/patch
patches/python_310_migration.sh
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  o Continue normalizing virtualenv install directory.
  o Update patches to modify .venv VS vst_venv [, vdoc_venv, vfoo_venv, vbar_venv, ...)
  o virtualenv.mk now defines named targets for patching-up-to 3.10 installs.

release_notes/voltha_2.12.rst
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  o Update version string info.
  o Onos component table condensed and populated with versioned urls.
  o voltha components table is a WIP.

howto/release/repositories/
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  o Begin capturing repo-specific activities for release.
  o Silly having to figure this out each release cycle.
  o Automation and release helper scripts can be found here:
    - https://github.com/joey-onf/voltha-release

sphinx_conf/exclude_patterns.py
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  o Roach squashing exercise, external repos pulled in as git-submodules.
  o New repository files appear as problems when running 'make reload'
  o Exclude files to squelch messages.

Change-Id: I7adf7b84498511f5cde1e43ad304f9e33283241e
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/python/find_utils.mk b/makefiles/lint/python/find_utils.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab4c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/python/find_utils.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent:
+#   o Construct a find command able to gather python files with filtering.
+#   o Used by library makefiles flake8.mk and pylint.mk for iteration.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a string for invoking find \( excl-pattern \) -prune
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-python-find-excl = \
+  $(strip \
+	-name '__ignored__' \
+	$(foreach dir,$($(1)),-o -name $(dir)) \
+  )
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a find command to gather a list of python files
+##         with exclusions.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Usage:
+#	$(activate) & $(call gen-python-find-cmd) | $(args-n1) pylint
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-python-find-cmd = \
+  $(strip \
+    find . \
+      \( $(call gen-python-find-excl,onf-excl-dirs) \) -prune \
+      -o -name '*.py' \
+      -print0 \
+  )
+
+# [EOF]