[release-11.5.3] CI: Remove unused release_publisher scripts (#101158)

* CI: Remove unused release_publisher scripts (#101019)

* Remove the unused `release_publisher` script.
* Remove the "whats new check" in Drone.
* Automatically set the What's New URL in releases based on the tagged version.

(cherry picked from commit 49e5f77dd1)

* rerun?

scripts/drone/pipelines/whats_new_checker.star

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-"""
-This module contains logic for checking if the package.json whats new url matches with the in-flight tag.
-"""
-
-load(
-    "scripts/drone/steps/lib.star",
-    "compile_build_cmd",
-)
-load(
-    "scripts/drone/utils/images.star",
-    "images",
-)
-load(
-    "scripts/drone/utils/utils.star",
-    "pipeline",
-)
-
-def whats_new_checker_step():
-    return {
-        "name": "whats-new-checker",
-        "image": images["go"],
-        "depends_on": [
-            "compile-build-cmd",
-        ],
-        "commands": [
-            "./bin/build whatsnew-checker",
-        ],
-    }
-
-def whats_new_checker_pipeline(trigger):
-    environment = {"EDITION": "oss"}
-    steps = [
-        compile_build_cmd(),
-        whats_new_checker_step(),
-    ]
-    return pipeline(
-        name = "release-whatsnew-checker",
-        trigger = trigger,
-        services = [],
-        steps = steps,
-        environment = environment,
-    )

scripts/drone/rgm.star

@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ load(
     "scripts/drone/pipelines/test_frontend.star",
     "test_frontend",
 )
-load(
-    "scripts/drone/pipelines/whats_new_checker.star",
-    "whats_new_checker_pipeline",
-)
 load(
     "scripts/drone/steps/github.star",
     "github_app_generate_token_step",
@@ -291,7 +287,6 @@ def rgm_tag_pipeline():
 
     return [
         build,
-        whats_new_checker_pipeline(tag_trigger),
         verify_release_pipeline(
             trigger = tag_trigger,
             name = "rgm-tag-verify-prerelease-assets",