Bump version to 2.62a1 #2309

Job	Run time
Build installer (osx-arm64, macos-14)	1m 23s
Build installer (linux-aarch64, ubuntu-24.04-arm)	1m 29s
Build installer (linux-64, ubuntu-latest)	1m 57s
Build installer (osx-64, macos-15-intel)	2m 55s
Integration tests (Py3 server) (rel-v8r0)	20m 45s
Create environment.yaml (linux-64)	53s
macOS (arm64) tests (macos-14)	1m 16s
Basic tests (ubuntu-latest, centos:7, installer-linux-64)	42s
Integration tests (Py3 server) (integration)	24m 25s
macOS (x86_64) tests (macos-15-intel)	2m 2s
Basic tests (ubuntu-24.04-arm, almalinux:9, installer-linux-aarch64)	53s
Basic tests (ubuntu-latest, centos:8, installer-linux-64)	51s
Basic tests (ubuntu-latest, almalinux:9, installer-linux-64)	57s
macOS (arm64) tests (macos-15)	1m 28s
Show release notes and diff	53s
	1h 2m 49s

Provide feedback