Update helm chart to 1.0; fix links (#1179)

Bumping helm chart version to 1.0 before the release. Also added a snippet to the release doc for testing our examples. Fixed broken links in the release doc.

deploy/helm-chart/Chart.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: nginx-gateway-fabric
 description: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 type: application
-version: 0.1.0
+version: 1.0.0
 appVersion: "edge"
 home: https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric/tree/main/deploy/helm-chart/chart-icon.png

docs/developer/release-process.md

@@ -28,23 +28,23 @@ To create a new release, follow these steps:
    format `Release X.Y.Z`.
 2. Stop merging any new work into the main branch.
 3. Test the main branch for release-readiness. For that, use the `edge` containers, which are built from the main
-   branch.
+   branch, and the [example applications](/examples).
 4. If a problem is found, prepare a fix PR, merge it into the main branch and return to the previous step.
 5. Create a release branch with a name that follows the `release-X.Y` format.
 6. Prepare and merge a PR into the release branch to update the repo files for the release:
-    1. Update the Helm [Chart.yaml](../deploy/helm-chart/Chart.yaml): the `appVersion` to `X.Y.Z`, the icon and source
-       URLs to point at `vX.Y.Z`, and bump the `version`.
-    2. Adjust the `VERSION` variable in the [Makefile](../Makefile) and the `NGF_TAG` in the
-       [conformance tests Makefile](../conformance/Makefile) to `X.Y.Z`.
-    3. Update the tag of NGF container images used in the Helm [values.yaml](../deploy/helm-chart/values.yaml) file, the
-       [provisioner manifest](../conformance/provisioner/provisioner.yaml), and all docs to `X.Y.Z`.
-    4. Ensure that the `imagePullPolicy` is `IfNotPresent` in the Helm [values.yaml](../deploy/helm-chart/values.yaml)
+    1. Update the Helm [Chart.yaml](/deploy/helm-chart/Chart.yaml): the `appVersion` to `X.Y.Z`, the icon and source
+       URLs to point at `vX.Y.Z`.
+    2. Adjust the `VERSION` variable in the [Makefile](/Makefile) and the `NGF_TAG` in the
+       [conformance tests Makefile](/conformance/Makefile) to `X.Y.Z`.
+    3. Update the tag of NGF container images used in the Helm [values.yaml](/deploy/helm-chart/values.yaml) file, the
+       [provisioner manifest](/conformance/provisioner/provisioner.yaml), and all docs to `X.Y.Z`.
+    4. Ensure that the `imagePullPolicy` is `IfNotPresent` in the Helm [values.yaml](/deploy/helm-chart/values.yaml)
        file.
     5. Generate the installation manifests by running `make generate-manifests`.
     6. Modify any `git clone` instructions to use `vX.Y.Z` tag.
     7. Modify any docs links that refer to `main` to instead refer to `vX.Y.Z`.
-    8. Update the [README](../README.md) to include information about the release.
-    9. Update the [changelog](../CHANGELOG.md). The changelog includes only important (from the user perspective)
+    8. Update the [README](/README.md) to include information about the release.
+    9. Update the [changelog](/CHANGELOG.md). The changelog includes only important (from the user perspective)
        changes to NGF. This is in contrast with the autogenerated full changelog, which is created in the next step. As
        a starting point, copy the important features, bug fixes, and dependencies from the autogenerated draft of the
        full changelog. This draft can be found under
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ To create a new release, follow these steps:
     - Build NGF container images with the release tag `X.Y.Z` and push it to the registry.
     - Package and publish the Helm chart to the registry.
     - Create a GitHub release with an autogenerated changelog and attached release artifacts.
-8. Prepare and merge a PR into the main branch to update the [README](../README.md) to include the information about the
-   latest release and also the [changelog](../CHANGELOG.md).
+8. Prepare and merge a PR into the main branch to update the [README](/README.md) to include the information about the
+   latest release and also the [changelog](/CHANGELOG.md).
 9. Close the issue created in Step 1.
 10. Submit the `conformance-profile.yaml` artifact from the release to the [Gateway API repo](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/tree/main/conformance/reports).
     - Create a fork of the repository