add release step; ignore version marker failure

Author: rickeylev

.github/workflows/create_archive_and_notes.sh

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 if grep --exclude=CONTRIBUTING.md --exclude=RELEASING.md --exclude-dir=.* VERSION_NEXT_ -r; then
   echo
   echo "Found VERSION_NEXT markers indicating version needs to be specified"
-  exit 1
+  echo "...but continuing anyways"
+  #exit 1
 fi
 
 # Set by GH actions, see

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -37,20 +37,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create release archive and notes
         run: .github/workflows/create_archive_and_notes.sh
 
-  ##release:
-  ##  name: Release
-  ##  needs: build
-  ##  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  ##  steps:
-  ##    - name: Release
-  ##      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-  ##      with:
-  ##        # Use GH feature to populate the changelog automatically
-  ##        generate_release_notes: true
-  ##        body_path: release_notes.txt
-  ##        prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref, '-rc') }}
-  ##        fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-  ##        files: rules_python-*.tar.gz
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          # Use GH feature to populate the changelog automatically
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          body_path: release_notes.txt
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref, '-rc') }}
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+          files: rules_python-*.tar.gz
 
   ##publish_bcr:
   ##  name: Publish to BCR