(httpcomponents-core) branch 5.4.x updated: Updated release notes for HttpCore 5.4 release

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     new ae7d7ad71 Updated release notes for HttpCore 5.4 release
ae7d7ad71 is described below

commit ae7d7ad71da6f91efa2fcd7e7de57e0afeaf1734
Author: Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Wed Dec 10 18:35:54 2025 +0100

    Updated release notes for HttpCore 5.4 release
---
 RELEASE_NOTES.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 5ebcff546..a1dc8832a 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-Release 5.4-alpha1
+Release 5.4
 ------------------
 
-This is the first ALPHA release in the 5.4 release series that improves HTTP/2 protocol
+This is the first GA release in the 5.4 release series that improves HTTP/2 protocol
 support by ensuring conformance to the latest HTTP specification (RFC 9113) and adds
 support for Unix domain sockets.
 
-This release also includes all the fixes from the stable 5.3 branch.
-
 Notable changes and features included in the 5.4 series:
 
 * Experimental OFFLOCK (lock-free) connection pool.
@@ -27,6 +25,34 @@ Notable changes and features included in the 5.4 series:
 
 
 
+Change Log
+-------------------
+
+* Fix validation of 0/8 IPv4 addresses.
+  Contributed by Ryan Schmitt <rschmitt at apache.org>
+
+* Route-segmented pool: fix timeout race; add direct hand-off; enforce TTL on lease;
+  bound scans (#575).
+  Contributed by Arturo Bernal <abernal at apache.org>
+
+* Ensure connection is closed immediately upon socket timeout.
+  Contributed by Alexis Le Dantec <aledantec at palantir.com>
+
+* Accept leading zeros in IPv4-mapped IPv6 (#568).
+  Contributed by Arturo Bernal <abernal at apache.org>
+
+
+
+Release 5.4-alpha1
+------------------
+
+This is the first ALPHA release in the 5.4 release series that improves HTTP/2 protocol
+support by ensuring conformance to the latest HTTP specification (RFC 9113) and adds
+support for Unix domain sockets.
+
+This release also includes all the fixes from the stable 5.3 branch.
+
+
 Change Log
 -------------------