Use Release Drafter to make releasing easier (#631)

Author: hugovk

.github/release-drafter.yml

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+name-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+tag-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+
+categories:
+  - title: "Added"
+    labels:
+      - "changelog: Added"
+      - "enhancement"
+  - title: "Changed"
+    label: "changelog: Changed"
+  - title: "Deprecated"
+    label: "changelog: Deprecated"
+  - title: "Removed"
+    label: "changelog: Removed"
+  - title: "Fixed"
+    labels:
+      - "changelog: Fixed"
+      - "bug"
+  - title: "Security"
+    label: "changelog: Security"
+
+exclude-labels:
+  - "changelog: skip"
+
+autolabeler:
+  - label: "changelog: skip"
+    branch:
+      - "/pre-commit-ci-update-config/"
+
+template: |
+  $CHANGES
+
+version-resolver:
+  major:
+    labels:
+      - "changelog: Removed"
+  minor:
+    labels:
+      - "changelog: Added"
+      - "changelog: Changed"
+      - "changelog: Deprecated"
+      - "enhancement"
+
+  patch:
+    labels:
+      - "changelog: Fixed"
+      - "bug"
+  default: minor

.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

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+name: Release drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # branches to consider in the event; optional, defaults to all
+    branches:
+      - master
+  # pull_request event is required only for autolabeler
+  pull_request:
+    # Only following types are handled by the action, but one can default to all as well
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+  # pull_request_target event is required for autolabeler to support PRs from forks
+  # pull_request_target:
+  #   types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    if: github.event.repository.fork == false
+    permissions:
+      # write permission is required to create a GitHub Release
+      contents: write
+      # write permission is required for autolabeler
+      # otherwise, read permission is required at least
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Drafts your next release notes as pull requests are merged into "main"
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/require-pr-label.yml

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+name: Require PR label
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, labeled, unlabeled, synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  label:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: mheap/github-action-required-labels@v5
+        with:
+          mode: minimum
+          count: 1
+          labels: |
+            changelog: Added
+            changelog: Changed
+            changelog: Deprecated
+            changelog: Fixed
+            changelog: Removed
+            changelog: Security
+            changelog: skip

HISTORY.md

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 # History
 
+## 3.9.0 and newer
+
+See GitHub Releases:
+
+- https://github.com/jazzband/tablib/releases
+
 ## 3.8.0 (2025-01-22)
 
 ### Improvements

RELEASING.md

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 Jazzband guidelines: https://jazzband.co/about/releases
 
-* [ ] Get master to the appropriate code release state.
+* [ ] Get `master` to the appropriate code release state.
       [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/jazzband/tablib/actions)
-      should pass on master.
+      should pass on `master`.
       [![GitHub Actions status](https://github.com/jazzband/tablib/workflows/Test/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jazzband/tablib/actions)
 
-* [ ] Check [HISTORY.md](https://github.com/jazzband/tablib/blob/master/HISTORY.md),
-      update version number and release date
+* [ ] Edit release draft, adjust text if needed:
+      https://github.com/hugovk/em-keyboard/releases
 
-* [ ] Create new GitHub release: https://github.com/jazzband/tablib/releases/new
-  * Tag:
-    * Click "Choose a tag"
-    * Enter new tag: "v3.4.0"
-    * Click "**Create new tag: v3.4.0** on publish"
-  * Title: Leave blank, will be same as tag
-  * Click "Generate release notes" and edit as required
-  * Click "Publish release"
+* [ ] Check next tag is correct, amend if needed
+
+* [ ] Publish release
 
 * [ ] Once GitHub Actions has built and uploaded distributions, check files at
       [Jazzband](https://jazzband.co/projects/tablib) and release to