ci(release-utils): added changelog generation & deprecation of old ve…

…rsions plugins

Expanded the capabilities of semantic-release system to generate the CHANGELOG files that will be
included with the distribution packages.  Separately, we can automatically deprecate versions that
we don't intend to support anymore which is basically 1 version back in all series
major/minor/update.

.releaserc.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module.exports = {
+    branches: ["master", "next"],
+    plugins: [
+        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+        "@semantic-release/changelog",
+        "@semantic-release/npm",
+        "@semantic-release/github",
+        [
+            "semantic-release-npm-deprecate-old-versions",
+            {
+                rules: [
+                    "supportLatest",
+                    "supportPreReleaseIfNotReleased",
+                    "deprecateAll"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    ]
+};

package.json

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         "@commitlint/cli": "^13.2.1",
         "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^13.2.0",
         "@commitlint/cz-commitlint": "^13.2.1",
+        "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.1",
         "@types/eslint": "^7.28.0",
         "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.13",
         "@types/jest": "^27.0.2",
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
         "remark-preset-prettier": "^0.5.1",
         "resolve-from": "^5.0.0",
         "semantic-release": "^18.0.0",
+        "semantic-release-npm-deprecate-old-versions": "^1.1.6",
         "ts-jest": "^27.0.5",
         "ts-loader": "^9.2.6",
         "ts-node": "^10.2.1",