Merge PR #410 (Replace stalebot with "stale" GitHub action)

This merge brings PR #410 (Replace stalebot with "stale" GitHub action,
by @yantosca) into the GCHP 14.4.0 development stream.

This PR updates the list of label names for issues/PRs that should not
be marked stale, and also switches from the old "stalebot" to the
new "stale" GitHub action.

Signed-off-by: Bob Yantosca <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# This workflow warns and then closes issues that have had no activity for a specified amount of time.
+#
+# You can adjust the behavior by modifying this file.
+# For more information, see:
+# https://github.com/actions/stale
+name: Mark stale issues
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+  - cron: '0 0 * * *' # Run every night at midnight
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/stale@v5
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        stale-issue-label: 'stale'
+        exempt-issue-labels:
+          - 'category: Discussion'
+          - 'category: Feature Request'
+          - 'deferred'
+          - 'help needed: Open Research Problem'
+          - 'help needed: Request Input from Community'
+          - 'never stale'
+          - 'TODO: Documentation'
+        days-before-issue-stale: 30
+        days-before-issue-close: 7
+        stale-issue-message: 'This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. If there are no updates within 7 days it will be closed. You can add the "never stale" tag to prevent the issue from closing this issue.'
+        close-issue-message: 'Closing due to inactivity'
+        days-before-pr-stale: -1
+        days-before-pr-close: -1

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ This file documents all notable changes to the GCHP wrapper repository starting
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased] - TBD
+### Added
+- GitHub Action config file `.github/workflows/stale.yml`, which replaces StaleBot
+
 ### Changed
 - Updated GEOS-Chem submodule to 14.4.0
 - Updated HEMCO submodule to 3.9.0
 
+### Removed
+- GitHub config files `.github/stale.yml` and `.github/no-response.yml`
+
 ## [14.3.1] - 2024-04-02
 ### Added
 - Now print container name being read by ExtData when `CAP.EXTDATA` is set to `DEBUG` in `logging.yml`