VOL-4840 - Tracing ticket for release documentation.

release_notes/voltha_2.11.rst
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  o Version string updates for a few released components.

howto/release/index.rst
howto/release/components/index.rst
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howto/release/preparation.rst
howto/release/components/onos_dependencies.rst
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  o Begin documenting the variant release process for onos components.
  o ONOS publishes builds through maven central -vs- github and tags.

Misc text edits within documents to improve clarity.

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+RELEASE: voltha-helm-charts
+===========================
+
+- Repository `voltha-helm-charts <https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/voltha-helm-charts/+/refs/heads/master>`_.
+- Modify `VERSION file <https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/voltha-helm-charts/+/refs/heads/master/VERSION>`_.
+
+  - For release remove all version decorations: -dev, -SNAPSHOT
+
+- Release job will `publish to <https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/cord-charts-repo/+/refs/heads/master>`_.
+
+- lint/syntax checking
+
+  - make test
+    - make lint-chart
+    - make lint-helm