Blender LTS: Download + Release notes CMS scripts

This patch contains 2 scripts that will help with LTS releases

create_download_urls.py

    This python script is used to generate the download urls which we can
    copy-paste directly into the CMS of www.blender.org.

    Usage: create_download_urls.py --version 2.83.7

    Arguments:
      --version VERSION  Version string in the form of {major}.{minor}.{build}
                         (eg 2.83.7)

    The resulting html will be printed to the console.

create_release_notes.py
=======================

    This python script is used to generate the release notes which we can
    copy-paste directly into the CMS of www.blender.org and stores.

    Usage: ./create_release_notes.py --task=T77348 --version=2.83.7

    Arguments:
      --version VERSION  Version string in the form of {major}.{minor}.{build}
                         (e.g. 2.83.7)
      --task TASK        Phabricator ticket that is contains the release notes
                         information (e.g. T77348)
      --format FORMAT    Format the result in `text`, `steam`, `wiki` or `html`

Requirements
============

* Python 3.8 or later
* Python phabricator client version 0.7.0
  https://pypi.org/project/phabricator/

For convenience the python modules can be installed using pip.

    pip3 install -r ./requirements.txt

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9055

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+This folder contains several scripts to smoothen the Blender LTS releases.
+
+create_download_urls.py
+=======================
+
+This python script is used to generate the download urls which we can
+copy-paste directly into the CMS of www.blender.org.
+
+Usage: create_download_urls.py --version 2.83.7
+
+Arguments:
+  --version VERSION  Version string in the form of {major}.{minor}.{build}
+                     (eg 2.83.7)
+
+The resulting html will be printed to the console.
+
+create_release_notes.py
+=======================
+
+This python script is used to generate the release notes which we can
+copy-paste directly into the CMS of www.blender.org and stores.
+
+Usage: ./create_release_notes.py --task=T77348 --version=2.83.7
+
+Arguments:
+  --version VERSION  Version string in the form of {major}.{minor}.{build}
+                     (e.g. 2.83.7)
+  --task TASK        Phabricator ticket that is contains the release notes
+                     information (e.g. T77348)
+  --format FORMAT    Format the result in `text`, `steam`, `wiki` or `html`
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+* Python 3.8 or later
+* Python phabricator client version 0.7.0
+  https://pypi.org/project/phabricator/
+
+For convenience the python modules can be installed using pip
+
+    pip3 install -r ./requirements.txt
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