chore(release-1.16.x): release 1.16.0

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1.16.0

1.16.0 (2025-01-29)

Features

• add artifacts to release (4fea492)
• add backport action (4df43c6)
• add correct updaters to release pull request (d50db7a)
• add create release step (fe8c2fb)
• add Docker Plugin releasing (#163) (21f1189)
• add install binary action (947ed95)
• add more functionality from release please (6c871fc)
• add release steps to jsonnet-build workflow (55a14d6)
• added github interactions to release plugin (808c34a)
• bring back all steps (ab86186)
• bring back check format task (#128) (d9bfe17)
• bring in v1.11.5 that was used to release 2.8.9 (#104) (08c4d14)
• build all the images (cc8ce7a)
• build docker plugin on native runners (#185) (77c60db)
• build images for multiple platforms (49a846e)
• build images in test workflow (53e8601)
• build pipeline using jsonnet for re-use (b6cc287)
• bump actions to latest node 20 versions (#59) (3f75548)
• ci: add prepare workflow (b100d6f)
• ci: add release-please action (b994e1b)
• ci: bump minor for k branches (44d573d)
• ci: fix default-branch (fe48dc3)
• ci: try to move versioning into workflow definition (d66d51a)
• create images dir (86c832c)
• create release branch from k release (07f2b06)
• create release first (e2d4e73)
• dockerfile and weekly images (#127) (6c326b8)
• exclude component from tag for better release notes (9841d98)
• expose custom release as (#145) (c621c69)
• few final tweak to integrate with loki (0f7c648)
• first try at storing build artifacts in GCS (8801d68)
• fix the docker driver release (#169) (cfa2425)
• fix typo in versioing-strategy (5a47a62)
• fix versioning strategy (0008487)
• Force a binary change (#197) (e72de34)
• force fail meta-check when deps fail (#152) (adca1c0)
• make build artifacts bucket configurable (#129) (d3fa90c)
• make it a dry run (4d63549)
• make workflow re-usable (c01b721)
• merge 1.12 back to main (#121) (fa791cb)
• merge 1.12.0 (#107) (ec17e6a)
• more tag tweaks (#200) (89a23b3)
• nest workflows in folder (2eab631)
• output created/updated PR (3d76523)
• pass calculated version to subsequent steps (#146) (634945b)
• pass isLatest to in workflow (#190) (198dbf1)
• patch release docker fixes from 1.8.x (#88) (5b0f7c1)
• release 1.16.0 (348bc43)
• release the correct sha (#47) (70b72f2)
• remove drone! (#159) (98ce96e)
• remove release-please config file (#49) (50b19ae)
• remove unused code (0ad335c)
• run create release on release branches (c8ba75f)
• skip steps not jobs (#58) (2fa7aa5)
• specify golangci-lint build tags at runtime (#161) (20aac53)
• test packages separately (#150) (aaf0010)
• try a merge to main w/ backport strategy (cf996f4)
• Try once again to force a patch release (#201) (28f18b4)
• try using release-please for release again (3ca6579)
• working pipeline as a jsonnet library (#81) (97f0254)

Bug Fixes

• add google auth to image steps (85cba30)
• added cleanup step before running dist stage. (#156) (87cb509)
• app token action name (#147) (124c4d9)
• get version release candidate (#144) (f1f89ce)
• limit operator to amd64 image (be93744)
• skip helm package in test (#151) (9ea5e37)
• use correct bucket when downloading images (#148) (0a4642c)

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Merging this PR will release the artifacts of 28f18b4