Release 4.1.0

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Release

Work Breakdown

Feel free to edit this release checklist in-progress depending on what tasks need to be done:

• Release edc-ui, this might require several steps.
• Decide a release version depending on major/minor/patch changes in the CHANGELOG.md.
• Update this issue's title to the new version
• release-prep PR:
  • Update the CHANGELOG.md.
    • Add a clean Unreleased version.
    • Add the version to the old section.
    • Add the current date to the old version.
    • Check the commit history for commits that might be product-relevant and thus should be added to the changelog. Maybe they were forgotten.
    • Write or review the Deployment Migration Notes section, check the commit history for changed / added configuration properties.
    • Write or review a release summary.
    • Write or review the compatible versions section.
    • Add a link to the EDC UI Release to the "EDC UI" section.
    • Remove empty sections from the patch notes.
  • Replace the existing docker-compose.yaml file from docker-compose-dev.yaml.
  • Remove the second connector from the docker-compose.yaml file.
  • Rename the ${DEV_*} variables with their ${RELEASE_*} counterparts.
  • Set the version for RELEASE_EDC_IMAGE of the docker-compose's .env file.
  • Set the UI release version for RELEASE_EDC_UI_IMAGE of the docker-compose's .env file.
  • If the core EDC version changed, update the openapi.yaml.
  • Update the Postman Collection if required.
  • Merge the release-prep PR.
• Wait for the main branch to be green.
• Test the release docker-compose.yaml with RELEASE_EDC_IMAGE=ghcr.io/sovity/edc-dev:latest.
• Test the postman collection against that running docker-compose.
• Create a release and re-use the changelog section as release description, and the version as title.
• Check if the pipeline built the release versions in the Actions-Section (or you won't see it).
• Revisit the changed list of tasks and compare it with .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md. Propose changes where it
  makes sense.
• Close this issue.