[changelog] add release dates + descriptions to existing releases bundles

[SylvainJuge]

the release date is getting added to docs-builder in elastic/docs-builder#3066

This PR just adds existing releases dates to the yaml so release dates can be rendered when the feature is available and deployed.

EDIT: thanks to @lcawl this PR now also enables generating release dates at release time.

EDIT: currently blocked on waiting for the 1.6.0 release of docs-builder as the release_dates option is not supported until then in changelog config #1048 (comment).

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[lcawl]

i've created SylvainJuge#3 to update the config file so future release notes explicitly have release dates generated.

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The bundle configuration in docs/changelog.yml was updated to enable release date tracking by setting release_dates: true. Release manifest files docs/releases/1.0.0.yaml through docs/releases/1.10.0.yaml were updated to add top-level release-date fields (dates from 2024-09-02 to 2026-03-24) and, in many files, a description block listing upstream component versions. No existing entries, checksums, or other metadata structures were modified.

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[SylvainJuge]

In practice this option will require the next release of docs-builder as it has been merged just after release: elastic/docs-builder#3072.
@lcawl do you have an idea when the next release is scheduled ?

[theletterf]

Nice!