chore(releasing): Prepare v0.44.0 (#22192)

* chore(releasing): Prepare v0.44.0

* Bump Alpine Linux base image to 3.21

* cargo update -p vrl

* cargo vdev build release-cue

* upgrade guide

* commit website/cue/reference/releases/0.44.0.cue

* bump versions

* spelling fixes

* update changelog

* enforce changelog rendering order

* tweak upgrade guide

* add website prefix to the preparation branch so that we can get previews

* address Jesse's review points

* improve changelog change header and content alignment

chore(releasing): docs feedback on v0.44.0 (#22193)

chore(releasing): docs feedback

Author: pront

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/minor-release.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The week before the release:
 - [ ] Create a new release branch from master to freeze commits
   - `git fetch && git checkout origin/master && git checkout -b v0.<new version number> && git push -u`
 - [ ] Create a new release preparation branch from `master`
-  - `git checkout -b prepare-v0.<new version number> && git push -u`
+  - `git checkout -b website-prepare-v0.<new version number> && git push -u`
 - [ ] Pin VRL to latest released version rather than `main`
 - [ ] Check if there is a newer version of [Alpine](https://alpinelinux.org/releases/) or
       [Debian](https://www.debian.org/releases/) available to update the release images in

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/patch-release.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ labels: "domain: releasing"
 Before the release:
 
 - [ ] Create a new release preparation branch from the current release branch
-  - `git fetch && git checkout v0.<current minor version> && git checkout -b prepare-v0.<new version number>`
+  - `git fetch && git checkout v0.<current minor version> && git checkout -b website-prepare-v0.<new version number>`
 - [ ] Cherry-pick in all commits to be released from the associated release milestone
   - If any merge conflicts occur, attempt to solve them and if needed enlist the aid of those familiar with the conflicting commits.
 - [ ] Bump the release number in the `Cargo.toml` to the current version number

.github/actions/spelling/allow.txt

@@ -509,3 +509,4 @@ teledisk
 UMTS
 WCDMA
 XMODEM
+cbor

Cargo.lock

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ vector-lib = { path = "lib/vector-lib", default-features = false, features = ["v
 vector-config = { path = "lib/vector-config" }
 vector-config-common = { path = "lib/vector-config-common" }
 vector-config-macros = { path = "lib/vector-config-macros" }
-vrl = { git = "https://github.com/vectordotdev/vrl", branch = "main", features = ["arbitrary", "cli", "test", "test_framework"] }
+vrl = { version = "0.21.0", features = ["arbitrary", "cli", "test", "test_framework"] }
 
 [dependencies]
 pin-project.workspace = true