[Release] Update Release Process Documentation (#13123)

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+# Release Checklist
+This checklist is meant to be used in conjunction with the RELEASE_PROCESS.rst document.
+
+## Initial Steps
+- [ ] Called for release blockers
+	- [ ] Messaged Ant about release blockers
+- [ ] Announced branch cut date and estimated release date
+
+## Branch Cut
+- [ ] Release branch created
+- [ ] PR created to update “latest” version on master (do not merge yet)
+- [ ] Release branch versions updated
+	- [ ] Version keys have new version
+	- [ ] Update of “Latest” commits cherry-picked into release branch
+- [ ] Release commits pulled into spreadsheet
+- [ ] Release notes doc created
+- [ ] Call for release notes made in Slack
+
+## Release Testing
+- [ ] Microbenchmark
+	- [ ] Test passing
+	- [ ] Results added to `release/release_logs`
+- [ ] Long Running Tests (mark complete when run 24 hrs no issues)
+	- [ ] actor_deaths
+	- [ ] apex
+	- [ ] impala
+	- [ ] many_actor_tasks
+	- [ ] many_drivers
+	- [ ] many_ppo
+	- [ ] many_tasks_serialized_ids
+	- [ ] many_tasks
+	- [ ] node_failures
+	- [ ] pbt
+	- [ ] serve_failure
+	- [ ] serve
+- [ ] Long Running Distributed Tests
+	- [ ] pytorch_pbt_failure
+- [ ] horovod_test
+- [ ] Stress Tests
+	- [ ] test_dead_actors
+		- [ ] succeeds
+		- [ ] Results added to `release/release_logs`
+	- [ ] test_many_tasks
+		- [ ] succeeds
+		- [ ] Results added to `release/release_logs`
+	- [ ] test_placement_group
+		- [ ] succeeds
+		- [ ] Results added to `release/release_logs`
+- [ ] RLlib Tests
+	- [ ] regression_tests
+		- [ ] compact-regression-tests-tf
+			- [ ] 	succeeds
+			- [ ] Results added to `release/release_logs`
+		- [ ] compact-regression-tests-torch
+			- [ ] 	succeeds
+			- [ ] Results added to `release/release_logs`
+	- [ ] stress_tests
+	- [ ] unit_gpu_tests
+
+## Final Steps
+- [ ] Wheels uploaded to Test PyPI
+- [ ] Wheel sanity checks with Test PyPI
+	- [ ] Windows
+		- [ ] Python 3.6
+		- [ ] Python 3.7
+		- [ ] Python 3.8
+	- [ ] OSX
+		- [ ] Python 3.6
+		- [ ] Python 3.7
+		- [ ] Python 3.8
+	- [ ] Linux
+		- [ ] Python 3.6
+		- [ ] Python 3.7
+		- [ ] Python 3.8
+- [ ] Release is created on Github with release notes
+	- [ ] Release includes contributors
+	- [ ] Release notes sent for review to team leads
+	- [ ] Release is published
+- [ ] Wheels uploaded to production PyPI
+	- [ ] Installing latest with `pip install -U ray` reveals correct version number and commit hash
+- [ ] “Latest” docs point to new release version
+- [ ] Docker image latest is updated on dockerhub
+- [ ] PR to bump master version is merged
+- [ ] Release is announced internally
+- [ ] Release is announced externally
+- [ ] Any code/doc changes made during the release process contributed back to master branch