- GHA release workflow is updated to use an action for uploading all assets. The
action docs say it updates a release if one already exists, and since this
triggers on release and we pass a release tag we know the release already
exists.
- GHA release candidate workflow is updated to auto-publish a pre-release
release on push to a `release/**` branch. A script is added and used to
generate a release message made up of the commits since the last release of
any kind.
- ACT profiles are added to allow locally testing these workflows without
needing to push and wait for GHA to run.
- Docs are updated to note how to test the workflows locally.
## Summary
* **What is the goal of this PR?**
speed increase gh workflows, optimized for pioarduino Platform
* **What changes are included?**
remove pip and pip cache
install and use `uv`
use pioarduino core instead of Platformio core for optimal performance
with pioarduino Platform
## Additional Context
- signed off by the maintainer of pioarduino
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Joel Goguen