Updates dependencies and GitHub Actions

Adds Dependabot configuration for NuGet package updates.
Adds a funding file.
Removes outdated instruction files.
Updates GitHub Actions workflows to use newer versions of actions/checkout, actions/setup-node, actions/configure-pages, actions/upload-pages-artifact, and actions/setup-dotnet.
Updates copyright in common properties to dynamically reflect the current year.
Updates AsyncFixer and MinVer package versions.

Author: niemyjski

.github/FUNDING.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+github: exceptionless

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+- package-ecosystem: nuget
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly

.github/instructions/general.instructions.md

@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Setup .NET 9.x
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      - name: Setup .NET Core
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
         with:
-          dotnet-version: 9.x
+          dotnet-version: |
+            8.0.x
+            9.0.x
+            10.0.x

.github/instructions/testing.instructions.md

@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Setup Node.js
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v6
       with:
-        node-version: 22
+        node-version: 24
 
     - name: Clean npm cache and dependencies
       run: |
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ jobs:
         NODE_ENV: production
 
     - name: Setup Pages
-      uses: actions/configure-pages@v4
+      uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
 
     - name: Upload artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v4
       with:
         path: docs/.vitepress/dist
 

.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <MinVerSkip Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">true</MinVerSkip>
     <MinVerTagPrefix>v</MinVerTagPrefix>
 
-    <Copyright>Copyright (c) 2025 Foundatio.  All rights reserved.</Copyright>
+    <Copyright>Copyright © $([System.DateTime]::Now.ToString(yyyy)) Foundatio.  All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <Authors>FoundatioFx</Authors>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="AsyncFixer" Version="1.6.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="6.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AsyncFixer" Version="2.1.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="6.1.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>