config for runtime-python-1.18.0 (#422)

diff --git a/release-configs/runtime-python-1.18.0.config b/release-configs/runtime-python-1.18.0.config
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+{
+  "versioning": {
+    "version": "1.18.0",
+    "pre_release_version": "rc1"
+  },
+  "RepoList": [
+    "openwhisk-runtime-python"
+  ],
+  "openwhisk_runtime_python": {
+    "name": "OpenWhisk Runtime Python",
+    "hash": "3ed072dd761241ea0e9647fecbaf9b4f4e393f43",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-python.git",
+    "branch": "master"
+  }
+}