add stale gha

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+name: Stale issues and pull-requests
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 0 0 * * *
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/[email protected]
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+          # Idle number of days before marking issues/prs stale.
+          days-before-stale: 500
+
+          # Idle number of days before closing stale issues/prs.
+          days-before-close: 28
+
+          # Comment on the staled issues.
+          stale-issue-message: |
+            In order to maintain a backlog of relevant issues, we automatically label them as stale after 500 days of inactivity.
+
+            If this issue is still important to you, then please comment on this issue or remove the stale label.
+
+            Otherwise this issue will be automatically closed in 28 days time.
+
+          # Comment on the staled prs.
+          stale-pr-message: | 
+            In order to maintain a backlog of relevant PRs, we automatically label them as stale after 500 days of inactivity.
+
+            If this PR is still important to you, then please comment on this PR or remove the stale label.
+
+            Otherwise this PR will be automatically closed in 28 days time.
+
+          # Comment on the staled issues while closed.
+          close-issue-message: |
+            This stale issue has been automatically closed due to a lack of community activity.
+
+            If you still care about this issue, then please either:
+              * Re-open this issue, if you have sufficient permissions, or
+              * Add a comment pinging `@SciTools/iris-devs` who will re-open on your behalf.
+
+          # Comment on the staled prs while closed.
+          close-pr-message: |
+            This stale PR has been automatically closed due to a lack of community activity.
+
+            If you still care about this PR, then please either:
+              * Re-open this PR, if you have sufficient permissions, or
+              * Add a comment pinging `@SciTools/iris-devs` who will re-open on your behalf.
+
+          # Label to apply on staled issues. 
+          stale-issue-label: Stale
+
+          # Label to apply on staled prs.
+          stale-pr-label: Stale
+
+          # Labels on issues exempted from stale.
+          exempt-issue-labels: |
+            "Status: Blocked,Status: Decision Required,Peloton 🚴‍️"
+
+          # Labels on prs exempted from stale.
+          exempt-pr-labels: |
+            "Status: Blocked,Status: Decision Required,Peloton 🚴‍"
+
+          # Remove stale label from issues/prs on updates/comments.
+          remove-stale-when-updated: true
+
+          # Exempt all issues/prs with milestones from stale.
+          exempt-all-milestones: true

docs/src/installing.rst

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ need the Iris sample data. This can also be installed using conda::
   conda install -c conda-forge iris-sample-data
 
 Further documentation on using conda and the features it provides can be found
-at https://conda.io/en/latest/index.html.
+at https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/index.html.
 
 .. _installing_from_source_without_conda:
 

docs/src/whatsnew/1.8.rst

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Documentation
 * A chapter on :doc:`merge and concatenate </userguide/merge_and_concat>` has
   been added to the :doc:`user guide </userguide/index>`.
 
-* A section on installing Iris using `conda <http://conda.pydata.org/>`_ has
+* A section on installing Iris using `conda <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/index.html>`_ has
   been added to the :doc:`install guide </installing>`.
 
 * Updates to the chapter on