Release v1.55.0/v0.149.0

[github-actions]

Like #14236, but for v1.55.0/v0.149.0
Performed by collector release manager

• Prepare core release v1.55.0/v0.149.0
• Tag and release core v1.55.0/v0.149.0

Performed by collector contrib release manager

• Prepare contrib release v0.149.0
• Tag and release contrib v0.149.0

Performed by collector releases release manager

• Prepare otelcol containers images release v0.149.0
• Tag and otelcol containers images release v0.149.0

Performed by operator maintainers

• Prepare release v0.149.0 opentelemetry-operator#4916

Performed by helm chart maintainers

• Update the opentelemetry-collector helm chart to use v0.149.0 opentelemetry-helm-charts#2134

[codeboten]

Thanks for starting the release process @atoulme, will continue it today