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Release dates/notes are inconsistent

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### URL(s)

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0
https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/8.0.6/8.0.6.md
https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/8.0.6/8.0.302.md
https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/README.md

### Description

The [download page](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0) currently shows:

> 8.0.6 Security patch
[Release notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/8.0.6/8.0.6.md?WT.mc_id=dotnet-35129-website)
Latest release date June 11, 2024

Problems I found:
- The linked release notes say ".NET 8.0.6 - May 28, 2024". This doesn't match the "June 11, 2024" from the downloads page.
- The version actually released on "June 11, 2024" was [.NET 8.0.302 -June 11, 2024](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/8.0.6/8.0.302.md), but it looks like this is not linked from the download page (which makes sense, because it look like it doesn't actually contain any information on what changed in that version).
- Both release notes files say "The latest 8.0 release is always listed at [.NET 8.0 Releases](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/README.md)." But the linked page doesn't contain version 8.0.6.
- The downloads page doesn't explain what the difference between SDK 8.0.3xx, SDK 8.0.2xx and SDK 8.0.1xx is. The release notes files do explain it (if you can spot the minor difference), but as noted above they are not linked on the downloads page.

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