chore: prepare release for version v0.26.0 (#638)

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#### What this PR does / why we need it
Add release nodes and switch to large runner to avoid action failures.

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Author: fabianburth

.github/workflows/check-manifest-generation-diff.yaml

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   diff-check-manifests:
     name: Check for diff
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: large_runner
     steps:
+    - name: Self Hosted Runner Post Job Cleanup Action
+      uses: TooMuch4U/actions-clean@9b358e33df99574ac0bdf2e92fa3db1ae1415563
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       with:

.github/workflows/e2e.yaml

@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   run-e2e-suite:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: large_runner
     steps:
+      - name: Self Hosted Runner Post Job Cleanup Action
+        uses: TooMuch4U/actions-clean@9b358e33df99574ac0bdf2e92fa3db1ae1415563
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       - name: Setup Go

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   run-test-suite:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: large_runner
     steps:
+      - name: Self Hosted Runner Post Job Cleanup Action
+        uses: TooMuch4U/actions-clean@9b358e33df99574ac0bdf2e92fa3db1ae1415563
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       - name: Setup Go

docs/release_notes/v0.26.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Release v0.26.0
+
+- chore: upgrade ocm version (#635)
+- chore: upgrade to ocm version 0.14.0 (after restructure) (#632)
+- chore: upgrade ocm (#630)
+- chore: update workflow paths to exclude workflow files from triggers (#618)
+- chore: update Blackduck scan workflow to ignore workflow paths and im… (#612)
+- change trigger (#605)
+- test new format #<!---->nosec [RuleList] [-- Justification] (#601)
+- chore: Gosec - enable security linting (#585)
+
+## 🧰 Maintenance
+
+<details>
+<summary>7 changes</summary>
+
+- chore: correct gosec annotation and remove gosec from codeql (#604)
+- chore: change exception for gosec linter (#600)
+- Chore: Update repository.go (#599)
+- chore: exchange versions with pinned commits (#598)
+- chore: correct typo (#597)
+- chore: Create codeql.yml (#596)
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 from 3.0.0-rc.1 to 3.0.0-rc.2 (#578)
+</details>
+
+## ⬆️ Dependencies
+
+- chore(deps): bump github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 from 3.0.0-rc.1 to 3.0.0-rc.2 (#578)

pkg/version/release.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package version
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the version number in semver format "vX.Y.Z", prefixed with "v".
-var ReleaseVersion = "v0.25.4"
+var ReleaseVersion = "v0.26.0"
 
 // ReleaseCandidate is the release candidate ID in format "rc.X", which will be appended to the release version.
 var ReleaseCandidate = "rc.1"