ci: update stale release workflow steps

[egillax]

A few CI/release workflow parts should be cleaned up.

To do:

• replace archived with or another maintained alternative
• update old usages to
• examine the drat release step, which seems slower than expected and may be fetching/pushing more than needed
• check the Git warning about default branch during release and decide whether it needs a fix or can be ignored

Reason:

• the release action emitted a deprecation warning saying part of it will stop working in the future
• release currently still relies on an archived action
• the drat publish step appears slower than it should be