Update release checklist: merge prep commit

diff --git a/.gitlab/issue_templates/release.md b/.gitlab/issue_templates/release.md
index eb2dae0c3cdce080a45085bb140311fbb1efa56a..101edddf36df01f965db38a6b3c7f535ba0e4f1e 100644 (file)
--- a/.gitlab/issue_templates/release.md
+++ b/.gitlab/issue_templates/release.md
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@
  - [ ] (Manager) Inform marketing of the release
 
  - [ ] (SwEng) Update DEB and RPM packages
+ - [ ] (SwEng) Merge the automatically prepared `prep 9.X.Y` commit which updates `version` and documentation on the release branch into the relevant maintenance branch (`v9_X`)