Merge pull request #4405 from jedwards4b/handle_stale_issues

add the code to handle stale issues

workflow item to manage old issues.

I think that this will help us to clean up old issues.
Fixes #4404

Test suite:
Test baseline:
Test namelist changes:
Test status: [bit for bit, roundoff, climate changing]

Fixes [CIME Github issue #]

User interface changes?:

Update gh-pages html (Y/N)?:

.github/workflows/stale.yml

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+name: 'Close stale issues and PRs'
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 1 * * *'
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v8
+        with:
+          stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days.'
+          close-issue-message: 'This issue was closed because it has been stalled for 5 days with no activity.'
+          days-before-stale: 30
+          days-before-close: 5
+          days-before-pr-close: -1