ci: Adding release drafter

.github/release-drafter.yml

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+exclude-labels:
+  # When PR will not be classified if it has these labels
+  - skip changelog
+  - release
+name-template: 'Sparse v$RESOLVED_VERSION'
+
+change-template: '- $TITLE (#$NUMBER)'
+
+autolabeler:
+  - label: breaking
+    title:
+      # Example: feat!: ...
+      - '/^(build|chore|ci|depr|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|release|test)(\(.*\))?\!\: /'
+  - label: build
+    title:
+      - '/^(build)/'
+  - label: internal
+    title:
+      - '/^(chore|ci|refactor|test)/'
+  - label: deprecation
+    title:
+      - '/^depr/'
+  - label: documentation
+    title:
+      - '/^(docs|docstring)/'
+  - label: enhancement
+    title:
+      - '/^feat/'
+  - label: fix
+    title:
+      - '/^fix/'
+  - label: performance
+    title:
+      - '/^perf/'
+  - label: release
+    title:
+      - '/^release/'
+  - label: 'skip changelog'
+    title:
+      - '/^\[pre-commit.ci\]/'
+categories:
+  - title: Highlights
+    labels: highlight
+  - title: Breaking changes
+    labels:
+      - breaking
+      - breaking python
+  - title: Deprecations
+    labels: deprecation
+  - title: Performance improvements
+    labels: performance
+  - title: Enhancements
+    labels: enhancement
+  - title: Bug fixes
+    labels: fix
+  - title: Documentation
+    labels: documentation
+  - title: Build system
+    labels: build
+  - title: Other improvements
+    labels: internal
+
+template: |
+  ## Changes
+
+  $CHANGES

.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

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+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # branches to consider in the event; optional, defaults to all
+    branches:
+      - main
+  # pull_request event is required only for autolabeler
+  pull_request:
+    # Only following types are handled by the action, but one can default to all as well
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, edited]
+  # pull_request_target event is required for autolabeler to support PRs from forks
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, edited]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    permissions:
+      # write permission is required to create a github release
+      contents: write
+      # write permission is required for autolabeler
+      # otherwise, read permission is required at least
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # (Optional) GitHub Enterprise requires GHE_HOST variable set
+      #- name: Set GHE_HOST
+      #  run: |
+      #    echo "GHE_HOST=${GITHUB_SERVER_URL##https:\/\/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "main"
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+        # (Optional) specify config name to use, relative to .github/. Default: release-drafter.yml
+        # with:
+        #   config-name: my-config.yml
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

docs/contributing.md

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 pip install -e .[all]
 ```
 
+## Pull requests
+
+Please adhere to the following guidelines:
+
+1. Start your pull request title with a [conventional commit](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) tag. This helps us add your contribution to the right section of the changelog. We use "Type" from the [Angular convention](https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/22b96b9/CONTRIBUTING.md#type).<br>
+    TLDR:<br>
+    The PR title should start with any of this abbreviatons: `build`, `chore`, `ci`, `depr`,
+    `docs`, `feat`, `fix`, `perf`, `refactor`, `release`, `test`. Add a `!`at the end, if it is a breaking change. For example `refactor!`.
+2. This text will end up in the changelog.
+3. Please follow the instructions in the pull request form and submit.
+
 ## Running/Adding Unit Tests
 
 It is best if all new functionality and/or bug fixes have unit tests added

release-procedure.md

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-* Update changelog in docs/changelog.rst and commit.
-
 * Tag commit
   ```bash
   git tag -a x.x.x -m 'Version x.x.x'
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   ```bash
   git push pydata main --tags
   ```
+  When you open the PR on GitHub, make sure the title of the PR starts with "release".
 
 * Upload to PyPI
   ```bash
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   twine upload dist/*  # upload packages
   ```
 
+* Update the release drafter:
+  Go to https://github.com/pydata/sparse
+  Under the “Release" section there are two links: One is the latest release (it has a tag).
+  The second one is +<number of releases>. Click on the second one so you can see the release drafter.
+  Edit the draft by clicking the "pencil" figure.
+  Make sure you have the correct tags. If they are not, you can create one.
+  If the markdown page looks correct, click on “Publish release”.
+<br>
 * Enable the newly-pushed tag for documentation: https://readthedocs.org/projects/sparse-nd/versions/
 * Wait for conda-forge to realise that the build is too old and make a PR.
   * Edit and merge that PR.