ossf security best practice: To enable collaborative review, the project's source repository MUST include interim versions for review between releases; it MUST NOT include only final releases

- [ ] change the release process to do release candidates / alpha releases.
- [ ] document it in the release process doc

Start by locating the project's release process and its documentation, then review how releases are currently created and published. Add an interim release stage such as release candidates or alpha releases, and document the updated process so collaborative review occurs before final releases.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.