wip: github action to create release tarballs

Author: kolbusa

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout source code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Set up dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y autoconf automake libtool
+
+    - name: Run autoreconf
+      run: autoreconf --install
+
+    - name: Configure
+      run: ./configure
+
+    - name: Make
+      run: make
+
+    - name: Generate tarball
+      run: |
+        make dist
+        tarball_name=$(ls *.tar.gz)
+        mkdir -p artifacts
+        mv $tarball_name artifacts/
+
+    - name: Upload tarball
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: source-tarball
+        path: artifacts/*.tar.gz
+