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/overview/contributing.rst b/overview/contributing.rst
index c187f15..bfb14b1 100644
--- a/overview/contributing.rst
+++ b/overview/contributing.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  - Submit your changes early and often. Input and
    corrections early in the process prevent huge changes later.
 
- - Please open a ticket in the opencord jira describing the issue/feature. During the patch please
+ - Please open a `jira ticket <https://jira.opencord.org/projects/VOL>`_ describing the issue/feature. During the patch please
    preface the commit message with `[VOL-<jira_number]` e.g. `[VOL-4550]` so it gets
    automatically linked to the Jira ticket. This keeps code review and design discussions clean.