Experiment with issue templates

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1-release.yml

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+name: "Release Issue"
+description: "Template for tracking a new project release"
+title: "Release {{version}}"
+labels:
+  - "category:release"
+  - "2.0"
+body:
+  - type: input
+    id: version
+    attributes:
+      label: Release version
+      description: Enter the release version (e.g., 2.0.3)
+      placeholder: "2.0.x"
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: todos
+    attributes:
+      label: Release tasks
+      description: Checklist of things to do for this release
+      value: |
+        - [ ] bump version to {{version}}
+        - [ ] generate release notes and paste them in `docs/release-notes.md`, then run the linkification script
+        - [ ] tag `main` with {{version}} (`git checkout main && git pull && git tag {{version}} && git push origin tag {{version}}`)
+        - [ ] publish release notes after PyPI upload
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    id: milestone
+    attributes:
+      label: Milestone
+      description: The milestone associated with this release
+      placeholder: "{{version}}"