Fixes #655

What?

Updates the GitHub Actions deploy workflow to replace the archived actions/upload-release-asset action with the maintained softprops/action-gh-release action for uploading release assets.

Why?

The actions/upload-release-asset action is archived and no longer maintained. Its own documentation recommends migrating to softprops/action-gh-release. Continuing to rely on an archived action poses maintenance and reliability risks for future releases.

How?

Replaced actions/upload-release-asset@v1 with softprops/action-gh-release@v2.

• Added a small preparation step to rename the generated ZIP file so the uploaded release asset keeps the existing, expected name (.zip).
• Removed deprecated inputs (upload_url, asset_path, asset_name, asset_content_type) that are specific to the old action and not used by action-gh-release.

Testing Instructions

1. Create and push a tag (e.g. git tag vX.Y.Z && git push origin vX.Y.Z).
2. Verify the GitHub Actions workflow completes successfully.
3. Confirm a GitHub Release exists for the tag.
4. Confirm the release contains an asset named .zip with the expected contents.

Screenshots or screencast

Changelog Entry

Changed – Replace deprecated GitHub Actions release asset upload step with a maintained alternative.