ci : add "Require Docker" flag to make-release workflow (#29989)

Assisted-by: pi:llama.cpp/Qwen3.8-27B

.github/workflows/make-release.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      require_docker:
+        description: 'Require the Docker workflow to have completed successfully'
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
       apiabi_compare_tag:
         description: 'Tag to compare against for API/ABI check (default: latest release)'
         required: false
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           SKIP_APIABI_CHECK: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_apiabi_check }}
           APIABI_COMPARE_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.apiabi_compare_tag }}
+          REQUIRE_DOCKER: ${{ github.event.inputs.require_docker }}
 
       - name: Create release tag
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run == 'false' }}

scripts/make-release-checks.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #   GH_TOKEN, GITHUB_REPOSITORY, GITHUB_OUTPUT
 #   RELEASE_BRANCH: when set, HEAD must belong to origin/RELEASE_BRANCH and must
 #     not be older than 3 days from the branch HEAD (skipped when unset)
+#   REQUIRE_DOCKER: set to "false" to skip the container image check (default: true)
 set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ if [[ -z "${NIGHTLY_TAG}" ]]; then
     echo "Warning: no nightly tag points at ${SHA} - skipping container image check"
 elif [[ -z "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]]; then
     echo "Warning: GITHUB_REPOSITORY not set - skipping container image check (local run)"
+elif [[ "${REQUIRE_DOCKER:-true}" != "true" ]]; then
+    echo "Require Docker is disabled - skipping container image check"
 else
     CONTAINER_REPO="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,}"  # lower-case owner/repo for ghcr.io
     GHCR_TOKEN="$(curl -fsSL \