Added a HOWTO page release based source edits.

conf.py
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   * Exclude all variants of python virtual env from traversal.
   * Exclude __pycache__ from document traversal.

index.rst
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   * Create a top level index link/page for release howto(s).

overview/contributing.rst
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   * Document version based script edits required at time of release.
   * This URL will be used by repo:ci-management/vars/installVoltctl
     to display self-documenting help.

*/urls
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   * Added placeholders and resources for documenting future topics.

Chaser edits:
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   o Bump VERSION string.
   o 'stern' URL in unrelated troublteshooting.rst doc failed link check:
      + github repo no longer exists.
      + add replacement github/stern/stern

Change-Id: I2f0f15eb5ba7bd6817806296928964df5259b21a
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b630701..c63c9a7 100755
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.10.7
+2.10.8