docs: document how to create a public Firefox release

While this is a maintainers-only task, it is error prone. To avoid errors, we document the process. Signed-off-by: Felix Moessbauer <[email protected]>
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             personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
             maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
             this project or the open source license(s) involved.
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+## Maintainers: Create Releases
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+The creation of public releases is a partially automated process:
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+1. update code and create release tags: `VERSION=<x.x.x> make release`
+2. push to GitHub: `git push origin main && git push origin v<x.x.x>`
+3. wait for release action to finish (public release is created)
+4. download signed xpi artifact
+5. update release information in `.pages/firefox/updates.json`
+6. commit updated release information to master