Release Eclipse Che 7.96.0

[mkuznyetsov]

List of pending issues / PRs

• description #xxx https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/xxx

Release status

The following will be released via che-release according to a series of phases:

• che-code, configbump, che-machine-exec, che-server, devworkspace-generator, kubernetes-image-puller.
• che-e2e, che-plugin-registry, che-dashboard .
• che-operator.

Then, these steps will be done, once the above projects are released and PRs are merged:

• chectl (depends on che-operator)
• Che community operator PRs for K8S and Che community operator PRs for OS (depends on che-operator)
• che-docs PR (depends on che-operator)

Release can be marked as complete, and this issue can be closed after these steps:

• check for remaining version update PRs and merge/close them.
• finalize release notes for this release.

^[1] Overall process owner: @mkuznyetsov
More information about the process here