Add workflow for generating distribution tarballs

Author: d-torrance

.github/workflows/make-dist.yml

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+name: Build distribution tarballs
+on: workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  make-dist:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:macaulay2/macaulay2
+          sudo apt-get install -y 4ti2 autoconf automake bison ca-certificates cohomcalg coinor-csdp fflas-ffpack flex g++ gdbmtool gfan gfortran git install-info libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-stacktrace-dev libcdd-dev libeigen3-dev libffi-dev libflint-dev libfplll-dev libfrobby-dev libgc-dev libgdbm-dev libgivaro-dev libglpk-dev libgmp-dev libgtest-dev liblzma-dev libmathic-dev libmathicgb-dev libmemtailor-dev libmpfi-dev libmpfr-dev libmps-dev libnauty-dev libncurses-dev libnormaliz-dev libntl-dev libopenblas-dev libpython3-dev libreadline-dev libsingular-dev libtbb-dev libtool-bin libxml2-dev lrslib make msolve nauty normaliz patch pkgconf python3 r-base singular-data time topcom wget zlib1g-dev
+      - name: Build Macaulay2
+        run: |
+          cd M2/BUILD/build
+          ../../autogen.sh
+          ../../configure --with-system-libs --with-fplll
+          make -j$(nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
+      - name: Make distribution tarballs
+        run: |
+          cd M2/BUILD/build
+          make dist
+          make doc-dist
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist-tarballs
+          path: |
+            M2/BUILD/build/*.tar.gz