add changelog

.chloggen/addcrdsinstallstep.yaml

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+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. agent, clusterReceiver, gateway, operator, chart, other)
+component: operator
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: The operator CRDs need to be installed separately from the helm charts to respect the lifecycle of the objects.
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: []
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: |
+  The OpenTelemetry Operator CRDs are available under https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/tree/main/bundle/community/manifests.
+
+  Installing those CRDs separately, before the operator, is best to avoid running into lifecycle issues. See https://helm.sh/docs/chart_best_practices/custom_resource_definitions/ for further reading.