Backport: PR #1723

[danehans]

Backports PR #1723, which adds the PATCH env var to the release script tooling.

What type of PR is this?
/kind bug

What this PR does / why we need it:

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

N/A

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?:

NONE

[kfswain]

/lgtm
/approve

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[danehans]

--- FAIL: TestPickWeightedRandomPicker (0.28s)
    --- FAIL: TestPickWeightedRandomPicker/Multi-tier_weighted_test_-_A-Res_complex_distribution (0.05s)
        picker_test.go:248: Pod pod1: expected 0.345, got 0.329 (count: 329/1000) ✓
        picker_test.go:248: Pod pod2: expected 0.310, got 0.309 (count: 309/1000) ✓
        picker_test.go:248: Pod pod3: expected 0.172, got 0.171 (count: 171/1000) ✓
        picker_test.go:248: Pod pod4: expected 0.103, got 0.105 (count: 105/1000) ✓
        picker_test.go:245: Pod pod5: expected probability 0.069 ±20.0%, got 0.086 (count: 86/1000)
FAIL
coverage: 50.6% of statements
FAIL	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/framework/plugins/picker	0.417s

/retest

[danehans]

--- FAIL: TestFlowRegistry_GarbageCollection_IdleFlows (0.01s)
    --- FAIL: TestFlowRegistry_GarbageCollection_IdleFlows/ShouldNotCollectFlow_WhenActivityRacesWithGC (0.09s)
        registry_test.go:605: 
            	Error Trace:	/home/prow/go/src/sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/flowcontrol/registry/registry_test.go:185
            	            				/home/prow/go/src/sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/flowcontrol/registry/registry_test.go:605
            	Error:      	Received unexpected error:
            	            	failed to get managed queue for flow "gc-flow:10": flow instance not found
            	Test:       	TestFlowRegistry_GarbageCollection_IdleFlows/ShouldNotCollectFlow_WhenActivityRacesWithGC
            	Messages:   	Flow should survive GC due to the 'Trust but Verify' live check
FAIL
coverage: 97.2% of statements
FAIL	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/flowcontrol/registry	0.516s

Retesting since this is a different error that ^ and should be unrelated to this PR.

[danehans]

/retest