Release checklist

Milestone Release Checklist (for the maintainers)

Check the PyPI page
Test pip install monai==[X.Y.Z]rc[K] and run a few MONAI modules locally
Test all installation commands mentioned in the installation guide and the primary README.

The new PyPI release candidate should be checked against all the relevant repositories under Project-MONAI, for example, the tutorials repo:

Run all Jupyter notebooks, replace pip install monai with pip install monai==[X.Y.Z]rc[K].
File new tickets and create new pull requests to address any technical issues.
Release a new candidate after addressing all the issues.

Draft a release note on GitHub.
Draft a release note with a pull request to modify the CHANGELOG.
Create a pull request to highlight the features of the upcoming release, for example, in docs/source/highlights.md.
Create a pull request to update the primary README.md.
Update the monai.io website (https://github.com/Project-MONAI/project-monai.github.io).
Check all the URLs in https://monai.io
Check all the URLs in https://docs.monai.io.

Tag and release PyPI version [X.Y.Z] following the contributing guide.
Check the dockerhub auto-build by running docker pull projectmonai/monai:X.Y.Z and docker run ...
Check readme frontpage on dockerhub, pypi
Update https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI/blob/dev/CITATION.cff
Publish the release note on GitHub.
Update the weekly-preview tagging https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI/blob/master/.github/workflows/weekly-preview.yml#L32
Release the corresponding conda-forge version https://github.com/conda-forge/monai-feedstock

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