[core] auto create release notes with every push on develop (#3985)

and remove CHANGELOG.md logic.

This is my attempt to create a draft release instead of editing a
changelog, see discussion on discord.

Logic:
- new github workflow `.github/workflows/release-notes.yaml`
- runs with every push on `develop` (so after PR's are merged)
- collects the commits on `develop` which are newer than the latest tag
- searches the commit messages for keywords defined in an array and
group the messages into categories (this is a first shot, we will update
this ...)
- creates markdown content
- looks for an untagged and unpublished draft release with name
`unreleased`, if it exists, it will be deleted
- creates an untagged and unpublished draft release with name
`unreleased` with markdown content created above

Example created on my fork (this caused having `MagicMirrorOrg` in the
PR-Links):

<img width="952" height="1804" alt="grafik"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/38687bed-f5da-4dcb-93eb-242c317769df"
/>

Please review this PR, it is a draft release at the moment because I got
problems in my fork where I tested this: The created draft release is
not visible at the moment (they are visible via api). AFAIS this is a
queue problem on GitHub, maybe I flooded their queue while testing ...
So I will test this tomorrow again before removing `draft` here.
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@@ -34,29 +34,28 @@ Are done by
- [ ] create `prep-release` branch from `develop`
- [ ] update `package.json` and `package-lock.json` to reflect correct version number `2.xx.0`
- [ ] test `prep-release` branch
- [ ] update `CHANGELOG.md`
- [ ] add all contributor names: `...`
- [ ] add min. node version: > ⚠️ This release needs nodejs version `v22.20.0` or higher
- [ ] check release link at the bottom of the file
- [ ] commit and push all changes
- [ ] create pull request from `prep-release` to `develop` branch with title `Prepare Release 2.xx.0`
- [ ] after successful test run via github actions: merge pull request to `develop`
- [ ] review the content of the automatically generated draft release named `unreleased`
- [ ] check contributor names
- [ ] check auto generated min. node version and adjust it for better readability if necessary
- [ ] check if all elements are assigned to the correct category
- [ ] change release name to `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] after successful test run via github actions: create pull request from `develop` to `master` branch
- [ ] add label `mastermerge`
- [ ] title of the PR is `Release 2.xx.0`
- [ ] description of the PR is the section of the `CHANGELOG.md`
- [ ] description of the PR is the body of the draft release with name `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] after PR tests run without issues, merge PR
- [ ] create new release with
- [ ] corresponding version tag `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] a release name: `...`
- [ ] description of the release is the section of the `CHANGELOG.md`
- [ ] edit draft release with name `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] set corresponding version tag `v2.xx.0` (with `Select tag` and then `Create new tag`)
- [ ] update release link in `Compare to previous Release` by replacing `develop` with new tag `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] publish the release (button at the bottom)
### Draft new development release
- [ ] checkout `develop` branch
- [ ] update `package.json` and `package-lock.json` to reflect correct version number `2.xx.0-develop`
- [ ] draft new section in `CHANGELOG.md`
- [ ] create new release link at the bottom of the file
- [ ] commit and push `develop` branch
- [ ] if new release will be in January, update the year in LICENSE.md