Automate weekly releases

[code-asher]

1. grab each update and start a pr
2. resolve the conflicts
3. if conflicts cannot be resolved, indicate in the pr and wait for manual resolution
4. launch headless chromium to update the webview hash
5. generate the changelog section
6. wait for merge
7. generate the tag based on bundled vs code version and draft release
8. add changelog section to the release notes
9. wait for publish
10. update the changelog with release date and and helm chart (probably no need for a pr, just push directly? or should it be another pr?)

So in the best case, the two manual steps would be to review and merge the update PR, and then to review and publish the draft release. In the worst case, manual conflict resolution is also required.

A notification for when the draft release is ready would also be handy (email? slack?)

[benz0li]

If I understand correctly, no further PRs would be necessary from my side after implementation.

That would be a real relief. Especially with the current weekly release cycle.

[code-asher]

Yup that would be the idea! Unless something urgent comes up I think I should be able to work on this in a week or two, not sure exactly though.