[v11.4.x] CI: Fix `latest` tag not being correctly applied to releases (#97522)

CI: Fix `latest` tag not being correctly applied to releases (#96497)

* baldm0mma/tag_latest_bug/ update github-release.yml default values

* baldm0mma/tag_latest_bug/ update release-comms.yml

* baldm0mma/tag_latest_bug/ update logic

* baldm0mma/tag_latest_bug/ update logic

* baldm0mma/tag_latest_bug/ update logic

* baldm0mma/tag_latest_bug/ update logic for both cases

* baldm0mma/tag_latest_bug/ update comment

(cherry picked from commit d8c19136bf)

Co-authored-by: Jev Forsberg <46619047+baldm0mma@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/github-release.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
         type: string
       latest:
         required: false
-        default: false
+        default: "0"
         description: Mark this release as latest (`1`) or not (`0`, default)
         type: string
       dry_run:
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ on:
         type: string
       latest:
         required: false
+        default: "0"
         description: Mark this release as latest (`1`) or not (`0`, default)
         type: string
       dry_run:

.github/workflows/release-comms.yml

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ on:
       dry_run:
         required: false
         default: true
+        type: boolean
       version:
         required: true
       latest:
-        type: bool
+        type: boolean
         default: false
   pull_request:
     types:
@@ -30,17 +31,18 @@ jobs:
       latest: ${{ steps.output.outputs.latest }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      # The github-release action expects a `LATEST` value of a string of either '1' or '0'
     - if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
       run: |
         echo setting up GITHUB_ENV for ${{ github.event_name }}
         echo "VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "DRY_RUN=${{ inputs.dry_run }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "LATEST=${{ inputs.latest }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "LATEST=${{ inputs.latest && '1' || '0' }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == true && startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release/') }}
       run: |
         echo "VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.head_ref }} | sed -e 's/release\/.*\///g')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "DRY_RUN=${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release/dry-run') }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "LATEST=${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release/latest') }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "LATEST=${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release/latest') && '1' || '0' }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - id: output
       run: |
         echo "dry_run: $DRY_RUN"