Run autoconf (or autoreconf) and commit configure file when creating new release branch

[j-i-l]

https://unconj.ca/blog/an-autoconf-primer-for-r-package-authors.html

Has some more details to this, but basically we need to ship the configure file along in order to pick up libraries (like gsl) correctly.

The configure file should be created from configure.ac and is relevant for a release.

[matteodelucchi]

@j-i-l can this be closed?

[j-i-l]

@j-i-l can this be closed?

👋

not yet. We should add a step to the initiate_version_release workflow that runs autoreconf and then commits the generated configure file.