Improved release process and its documentation

.github/release.yml

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+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - release-ignore
+    authors:
+      - pre-commit-ci
+  categories:
+    - title: Major
+      labels:
+        - "release-major"
+    - title: Minor
+      labels:
+        - "release-minor"
+    - title: Changed
+      labels:
+        - "release-changed"
+    - title: Fixed
+      labels:
+        - "release-fixed"
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/release.yml

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 name: Release
 
 on:
-  push:
-    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
-    tags:
-      - "v*" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - .github/workflows/release.yml
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 jobs:
-  release:
-    # requires that you have put your twine API key in your
-    # github secrets (see readme for details)
+  build-and-inspect-package:
+    name: Build & inspect package.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package@v2
-        id: build_dist
-      - name: determine tag
-        run: echo "tag=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: debug dist
-        run: |
-          set -x
-          echo "dist=${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}"
-          ls -l ${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}
-          mkdir -p dist
-          cp ${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}/*.whl ./dist/
-          cp ${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}/*.gz ./dist/
 
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: "softprops/action-gh-release@v2"
-        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+  upload-to-pypi:
+    name: Upload package to PyPI
+    needs: build-and-inspect-package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Download built artifact to dist/
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          name: ${{ env.tag }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: ${{ contains(env.tag, 'rc') || contains(env.tag, 'a') || contains(env.tag, 'b') }}
-          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
-          files: dist/*
-      - name: Publish PyPI Package
-        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+          name: Packages
+          path: dist
+      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.TWINE_API_KEY }}

docs/changelog.md

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+# Changelog
+
+Please refer directly to the [Releases](https://github.com/scverse/napari-spatialdata/releases) section on GitHub, where you can find curated release notes for each release.
+For developers, please consult the [contributing guide](https://github.com/scverse/spatialdata/blob/main/docs/contributing.md), which explains how to keep release notes are up-to-date at each release.