[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/release_notes/voltha_2.12.rst b/release_notes/voltha_2.12.rst
index 297a05f..70d0a01 100644
--- a/release_notes/voltha_2.12.rst
+++ b/release_notes/voltha_2.12.rst
@@ -411,14 +411,13 @@
      -
    * - `voltha-protos <https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/voltha-protos>`_
      -
-     - `5.4.7 <https://pypi.org/project/voltha-protos/>`__
-       `tgz <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/96/3d/c7ddb804cd8f47fb1fd1f7d11e11aa06fe22611e7363d3cf928852e2515d/voltha-protos-5.4.7.tar.gz>`_
+     - `5.4.9 <https://pypi.org/project/voltha-protos/5.4.9/>`_
      -
-     - `X <https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/voltha-protos/+/refs/tags/v5.4.7>`__
-     - `X <https://github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/tree/v5.4.7>`__
-     - `stale <https://hub.docker.com/r/voltha/voltha-protos>`__
+     - `X <https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/voltha-protos/+/refs/tags/v5.4.9>`__
+     - `X <https://github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/tree/v5.4.9>`__
      -
-     - `X <https://pypi.org/project/voltha-protos/>`__
+     -
+     -
      -
    * - `voltha-system-tests <https://github.com/opencord/voltha-system-tests/releases/tag/2.9.0>`__
      - ``2.11.10``