feat(release-please): release-please as a new option for release automation (WIP) #1234

Job	Run time
smoke-test (auto-format-tools.sh)	1m 10s
check-branch	4s
linter	5m 46s
smoke-test (automation.sh)	1m 9s
smoke-test (build-systems.sh)	1m 8s
smoke-test (docs-jupyter-book.sh)	1m 7s
smoke-test (containers.sh)	1m 15s
smoke-test (docs-mkdocs.sh)	1m 7s
smoke-test (docs-quarto.sh)	1m 13s
smoke-test (docs-sphinx.sh)	1m 16s
smoke-test (cli.sh)	1m 11s
smoke-test (files.sh)	1m 7s
smoke-test (tests.sh)	1m 3s
smoke-test (linters.sh)	1m 8s
smoke-test (virtual-envs.sh)	1m 9s
tests (macos)	1m 39s
tests (ubuntu)	1m 33s
tests (windows)	1m 35s
	25m 40s

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