Remove broken CI steps that are not needed for v0.16.x (#619)

This would hopefully allow us to make a release. 🤞

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -67,118 +67,9 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-  generate-docs-pr:
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Fetch sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Setup Git user and e-mail
-        uses: frequenz-floss/setup-git-user@v1
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Install build dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install -U pip
-          python -m pip install .[docs]
-
-      - name: Generate the documentation
-        env:
-          MIKE_VERSION: pr-${{ github.event.number }}
-        run: |
-          mike deploy $MIKE_VERSION
-          mike set-default $MIKE_VERSION
-
-      - name: Upload site
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: frequenz-channels-python-site
-          path: site/
-          if-no-files-found: error
-
-  publish-docs:
-    needs: ["test", "build-dist"]
-    if: github.event_name == 'push'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Calculate and check version
-        id: mike-metadata
-        env:
-          REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
-        run: |
-          aliases=
-          version=
-          if test "$REF_NAME" = "$DEFAULT_BRANCH"
-          then
-            version=next
-          # A tag that starts with vX.Y or X.Y
-          elif echo "$REF" | grep -q '^refs/tags' && echo "$REF_NAME" | grep -Pq '^v?\d+\.\d+\.'
-          then
-            if echo "$REF_NAME" | grep -Pq -- "-" # pre-release
-            then
-              echo "::notice title=Documentation was not published::" \
-                "The tag '$REF_NAME' looks like a pre-release."
-              exit 0
-            fi
-            version=$(echo "$REF_NAME" | sed -r 's/^(v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\..*$/\1/') # vX.Y
-            major=$(echo "$REF_NAME" | sed -r 's/^(v?[0-9]+)\..*$/\1/') # vX
-            default_major=$(echo "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" | sed -r 's/^(v?[0-9]+)\..*$/\1/') # vX
-            aliases=$major
-            if test "$major" = "$default_major"
-            then
-              aliases="$aliases latest"
-            fi
-          else
-            echo "::warning title=Documentation was not published::" \
-              "Don't know how to handle '$REF' to make 'mike' version."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "aliases=$aliases" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Fetch sources
-        if: steps.mike-metadata.outputs.version
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Setup Git user and e-mail
-        if: steps.mike-metadata.outputs.version
-        uses: frequenz-floss/setup-git-user@v1
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        if: steps.mike-metadata.outputs.version
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Install build dependencies
-        if: steps.mike-metadata.outputs.version
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install -U pip
-          python -m pip install .[docs]
-
-      - name: Fetch the gh-pages branch
-        if: steps.mike-metadata.outputs.version
-        run: git fetch origin gh-pages --depth=1
-
-      - name: Publish site
-        if: steps.mike-metadata.outputs.version
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.mike-metadata.outputs.version }}
-          ALIASES: ${{ steps.mike-metadata.outputs.aliases }}
-        run: |
-          mike deploy --push --update-aliases "$VERSION" $ALIASES
 
   create-github-release:
-    needs: ["publish-docs"]
+    needs: ["test", "build-dist"]
     # Create a release only on tags creation
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
     permissions: