Change the release cycle to match actual situations (#16430)

* Change the release cycle to match actual situations

* Update CONTRIBUTING.md

Co-authored-by: zeripath <art27@cantab.net>
Co-authored-by: Lauris BH <lauris@nix.lv>
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## Table of Contents
- [Contribution Guidelines](#contribution-guidelines)
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Bug reports](#bug-reports)
- [Discuss your design](#discuss-your-design)
- [Testing redux](#testing-redux)
- [Vendoring](#vendoring)
- [Translation](#translation)
- [Building Gitea](#building-gitea)
- [Code review](#code-review)
- [Styleguide](#styleguide)
- [Design guideline](#design-guideline)
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We adopted a release schedule to streamline the process of working
on, finishing, and issuing releases. The overall goal is to make a
minor release every two months, which breaks down into one month of
minor release every three or four months, which breaks down into two or three months of
general development followed by one month of testing and polishing
known as the release freeze. All the feature pull requests should be
merged in the first month of one release period. And, during the frozen
period, a corresponding release branch is open for fixes backported from
master. Release candidates are made during this period for user testing to
merged before feature freeze. And, during the frozen period, a corresponding
release branch is open for fixes backported from main branch. Release candidates
are made during this period for user testing to
obtain a final version that is maintained in this branch. A release is
maintained by issuing patch releases to only correct critical problems
such as crashes or security issues.
Major release cycles are bimonthly. They always begin on the 25th and end on
the 24th (i.e., the 25th of December to February 24th).
Major release cycles are seasonal. They always begin on the 25th and end on
the 24th (i.e., the 25th of December to March 24th).
During a development cycle, we may also publish any necessary minor releases
for the previous version. For example, if the latest, published release is