Add Manual OneBranch Release Stage & Publish Support (Internal/Public)

[cheenamalhotra]

Description

Adds a manual, parameter‑gated release stage to the signing pipeline enabling:

• Internal or public NuGet publish (publishDestination)
• Dry run preview (dryRun)
• Optional symbol publishing (MDS only)
• Human approval checklist (destination, preview, dry run, symbols, version, product)

Next Steps:

• Run Dryrun and Approval workflow to validate changes ensuring configuration is up-to-date.
• Make an attempt to publish MDS packages to internal feed.
• Validate workflows for all 3 packages: MDS, MSS, AKV

Investigate:

• Can symbols be published using the same "compound-publish-symbols-step" for AKV and MSS packages?

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR adds a manual release stage to the OneBranch signing pipeline, enabling controlled NuGet package publishing with approval gates. The implementation supports both internal and public publishing destinations, includes dry-run capability for testing, and integrates symbol publishing for the MDS product.

Key Changes:

• Adds manual release parameters (destination, dry run, product) to the signing pipeline
• Implements approval workflow with human validation before package publication
• Creates templated release infrastructure supporting multiple products (MDS, MSS, AKV)

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
eng/pipelines/dotnet-sqlclient-signing-pipeline.yml	Adds release parameters and invokes new release-stage template
eng/pipelines/common/templates/stages/release-stage.yml	Defines manual release stage with approval and publish jobs
eng/pipelines/common/templates/jobs/approval-job.yml	Implements manual validation job with release checklist
eng/pipelines/common/templates/jobs/publish-packages-job.yml	Orchestrates package download and conditional publishing to internal/public feeds
eng/pipelines/common/templates/steps/publish-internal-feed-step.yml	Handles internal feed publishing with dry-run support
eng/pipelines/common/templates/steps/publish-public-nuget-step.yml	Handles NuGet.org publishing with dry-run support
eng/pipelines/common/templates/steps/list-packages-step.yml	Lists packages for verification before publishing
eng/pipelines/common/templates/steps/publish-symbols-step.yml	Updates symbol publishing to use boolean type and add AKV product support

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The parameter type for publishSymbols has been changed from 'string' to 'boolean', which is the correct type for a boolean flag. However, the condition on line 79 should be updated to use the boolean comparison syntax. Change 'eq(parameters.publishSymbols, true)' instead of comparing to the string 'true'.

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Same issue as line 83 - the variable targetDownloadPath should be referenced using runtime syntax $(targetDownloadPath) instead of template syntax ${{ variables.targetDownloadPath }}.

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The filePath references '/tools/scripts/publishPackagesToFeed.ps1', but the actual script file created in this PR is named 'publishPackagesToAzDOFeed.ps1'. This path mismatch will cause the task to fail. Update the path to match the actual script filename.

Suggested change

	filePath: /tools/scripts/publishPackagesToFeed.ps1
	filePath: /tools/scripts/publishPackagesToAzDOFeed.ps1

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Same issue as line 83 - the variable targetDownloadPath should be referenced using runtime syntax $(targetDownloadPath) instead of template syntax ${{ variables.targetDownloadPath }}.

[Copilot]

Same issue as line 83 - the variable targetDownloadPath should be referenced using runtime syntax $(targetDownloadPath) instead of template syntax ${{ variables.targetDownloadPath }}.