Configure the stale bot (#7108)

* Configure the stale bot.

* Add top level comment.

* except assignees

* Give warning about closing issues.

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+# Configuration for https://github.com/marketplace/stale
+
+# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale
+daysUntilStale: 180
+
+# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request with the stale label is closed.
+# Set to false to disable. If disabled, issues still need to be closed manually, but will remain marked as stale.
+daysUntilClose: 7
+
+# Ignore issues with an assignee (defaults to false)
+exemptAssignees: true
+
+# Label to use when marking as stale
+staleLabel: stale
+
+# Comment to post when marking as stale. Set to `false` to disable
+markComment: >
+  To help us better see what issues are still affecting our users, this issue
+  has been automatically marked as stale. If you still have this issue with an
+  up-to-date version of Certbot and are interested in seeing it resolved,
+  please add a comment letting us know. If there is no further activity, this
+  issue will be automatically closed.
+
+# Comment to post when closing a stale Issue or Pull Request.
+closeComment: >
+  This issue has been closed due to lack of activity, but if you think it
+  should be reopened, please open a new issue with a link to this one and we'll
+  take a look.
+
+# Limit the number of actions per hour, from 1-30. Default is 30
+limitPerRun: 1
+
+# Don't mark pull requests as stale.
+only: issues