Remove requirement to target security branches

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24962

Revert "Convert noteable_note_spec.js to Vue test utils"

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24961

Geo: Add more warnings to the Remove Geo node confirmation modal

Closes #8112

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!9442

Update Workhorse to v8.3.0

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24959

This removes the requirement and any mention of targeting security
branches when working on security releases. The release process
documentation changes for these CE changes can be found in merge request
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs/merge_requests/97.

The proposal to remove security branches was approved in
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/framework/issues/165#note_138139016.

Reduce Bundle Size by lazy loading markdown-it

Closes #56989

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24763

Allow custom squash commit messages

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24518

Merge branch '43681-display-last-activity-and-created-at-datetimes-for-users-in-admin-users' into 'master'

Resolve "Display last activity and created at datetimes for users"

Closes #43681

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24181

Merge branch 'ee-43681-display-last-activity-and-created-at-datetimes-for-users-in-admin-users' into 'master'

EE Resolve "Display last activity and created at datetimes for users"

Closes gitlab-ce#43681

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!9100

Resolve "Support alerts from external Prometheus servers" ~frontend

Closes #9258

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!9239

Backport for gitlab-ee!9239

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24818

Update version column on updated and installed

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!9367

Update version column on updated and installed

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24810

[master] Markdown of release notes leaks confidential issue titles and MR titles to any users

See merge request gitlab/gitlabhq!2869

Fix comment typo in feature proposal issue template

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24927

All applications except for Jupyter have the same #set_initial_status,
so create a new shared example which we include in all application specs
except for juptyer_spec. Juptyer specs already have specs for it's
version of #set_initial_status

All applications except for Jupyter have the same #set_initial_status,
so create a new shared example which we include in all application specs
except for juptyer_spec. Juptyer specs already have specs for it's
version of #set_initial_status

This makes this consistent with :updated. And also avoids a potential
issue where an install errors which means that that the recorded version
won't necessarily reflect the version that is actually installed.

Introduce Internal API for searching environment names

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24923

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Add reply to notes to turn into discussions

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24480

EE Port - Show reply button in comments

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!9352