Modernize and simplify the "publish release" GitHub action

Signed-off-by: tdruez <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ name: Create library release archives, create a GH release and publish PyPI whee
 # - upload wheels and sdist to PyPI
 # - create gh-release and upload wheels and dists there
 # TODO: smoke test wheels and sdist
-# TODO: add changelog to release text body
 
 # WARNING: this is designed only for packages building as pure Python wheels
 
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ on:
       - "v*.*.*"
 
 jobs:
-  build-pypi-distribs:
+  build-and-publish:
     name: Build and publish library to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
@@ -28,54 +27,28 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.12
 
       - name: Install pypa/build
         run: python -m pip install build --user
 
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
-        run: python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/
+        run: python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/ .
 
       - name: Upload built archives
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pypi_archives
           path: dist/*
 
-  create-gh-release:
-    name: Create GH release
-    needs:
-      - build-pypi-distribs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Download built archives
-        uses: actions/[email protected]
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
-          name: pypi_archives
-          path: dist
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Create GH release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      - name: Create a GitHub release entry
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
+          generate_release_notes: true
           draft: false
           files: dist/*
-
-  create-pypi-release:
-    name: Create PyPI release
-    needs:
-      - create-gh-release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Download built archives
-        uses: actions/[email protected]
-        with:
-          name: pypi_archives
-          path: dist
-
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}