[release-24.0] Release of v24.0.0

[mattlord]

Includes the release notes and release commit for the v24.0.0 release. Once this PR is merged, we will be able to tag v24.0.0 on the merge commit.

This Pull Request is part of #19972

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Prepares the release-24.0 branch for the Vitess v24.0.0 tag by switching version identifiers from -SNAPSHOT/-rc1 to the final release version and updating the associated release documentation.

Changes:

• Update Java Maven module versions from 24.0.0-SNAPSHOT to 24.0.0.
• Update Go servenv version string and operator example image tags to v24.0.0 / v2.17.0.
• Refresh v24.0.0 release notes and changelog content.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 14 out of 14 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

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File	Description
java/pom.xml	Sets parent Maven artifact version to 24.0.0 for the release.
java/jdbc/pom.xml	Updates module parent version to 24.0.0.
java/grpc-client/pom.xml	Updates module parent version to 24.0.0.
java/example/pom.xml	Updates module parent version to 24.0.0.
java/client/pom.xml	Updates module parent version to 24.0.0.
go/vt/servenv/version.go	Updates auto-generated version constant to 24.0.0.
examples/operator/operator.yaml	Updates vitess-operator image tag from v2.17.0-rc1 to v2.17.0.
examples/operator/401_scheduled_backups.yaml	Updates Vitess image tags from v24.0.0-rc1 to v24.0.0.
examples/operator/306_down_shard_0.yaml	Updates Vitess image tags from v24.0.0-rc1 to v24.0.0.
examples/operator/302_new_shards.yaml	Updates Vitess image tags from v24.0.0-rc1 to v24.0.0.
examples/operator/201_customer_tablets.yaml	Updates Vitess image tags from v24.0.0-rc1 to v24.0.0.
examples/operator/101_initial_cluster.yaml	Updates Vitess image tags from v24.0.0-rc1 to v24.0.0.
changelog/24.0/24.0.0/release_notes.md	Edits/reorders release notes content for v24.0.0.
changelog/24.0/24.0.0/changelog.md	Updates the aggregated changelog entries for the release.

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Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 14 out of 14 changed files in this pull request and generated no new comments.

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Promptless prepared a documentation update related to this change.

Triggered by PR #19987 - Release of v24.0.0

Updated the vitessio/website documentation for the v24.0.0 GA release:

• Marked v24.0 docs as "Stable" (was "Release Candidate")
• Updated v23.0 docs to remove "Latest stable release" designation
• Created a release announcement blog post covering major features, breaking changes, and notable improvements

Review: Vitess 24 GA Release Documentation