Fixes after review

Author: MaciejKaras

docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Added support for MongoDB 8.0.0 GA
 MongoDB 8.0.0 GA is now officially supported by the Operator
+
+## Minor fixes and improvements
+
+ - Use pointer field for priority in member options
+ - readinessProbe: use human-readable timestamps instead
+ - Bumped Go to 1.23 and kube APIs to 1.29
+ - Update package crypto to remediate multiple CVEs

docs/how-to-release.md

@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
       * `git pull origin main`
     * Update any changing versions in [release.json](../release.json).
       * `operator` - always when doing a release 
-      * `version-upgrade-hook`, `readiness-probe` - whenever we make changes in the [versionhook](../cmd/versionhook) or [readiness](../cmd/readiness) files
-      * `agent` - bump to the newest version available
-      * `agent-tools-version` - bump to the newest version available :warning: how to get the newest version?
+      * `version-upgrade-hook` - whenever we make changes in the [versionhook](../cmd/versionhook) files
+      * `readiness-probe` - whenever we make changes in the [readiness](../cmd/readiness) files
+      * `agent` - newest version available in `ops-manager` `conf-hosted.properties` file under `automation.agent.version` 
+      * `agent-tools-version` - newest version available in `ops-manager` `conf-hosted.properties` file under `mongotools.version`
     * Ensure that [the release notes](./RELEASE_NOTES.md) are up to date for this release.
-      * **:warning: how should we know what should be included?**
+      * all merged PRs have a covered entry in the release notes. For example, you can use `git log v0.11.0..HEAD --reverse --oneline` to get the list of commits after previous release
     * Run `python scripts/ci/update_release.py` to update the relevant yaml manifests.
       * **use venv and then `python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt`**
     * Copy ``CRD`s`` to Helm Chart