[httpcomponents-client] branch 5.1.x updated: Updated release notes for HttpClient 5.1.2 release

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     new 345dbd6  Updated release notes for HttpClient 5.1.2 release
345dbd6 is described below

commit 345dbd66cc1a1d8058819921e36abdb661af2347
Author: Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sat Nov 13 13:11:18 2021 +0100

    Updated release notes for HttpClient 5.1.2 release
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 RELEASE_NOTES.txt | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 6b82dd2..f355022 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
-Release 5.1.1
+Release 5.1.2
+-----------
+
+This is an emergency release that fixes a regression introduced in the previous release
+that can lead to a connection leak when executing requests with a non-repeatable streaming
+entity with the classic (blocking) HttpClient. Async and minimal HttpClient implementations
+are not affected by the regression.
+
+Change Log
+-------------------
+
+* HTTPCLIENT-2184: Fixed regression in the connection reuse logic of the classic (blocking)
+  request execution pipeline.
+
+
+Release 5.1.1
 -----------
 
 This release upgrades HttpCore to the latest 5.1 version and fixes a number of issues found