ci: migrate from Travis CI to GitHub Actions

Replace Travis CI configuration with GitHub Actions workflows.
Add CI build workflow for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Archlinux.
Add release workflow for automated GitHub releases on tags.
Add dependabot configuration for GHA pin updates.
Remove obsolete .travis.yml.
remove .build.yml

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+name: CI Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# cancel already running builds of the same branch or pull request
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build on ${{matrix.container}} (using ${{matrix.cc}})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: ${{matrix.container}}
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false # don't cancel other jobs in the matrix if one fails
+      matrix:
+        container:
+          [
+            "debian:testing",
+            "fedora:latest",
+            "ubuntu:rolling",
+            "archlinux:latest",
+          ]
+        cc: ["gcc"]
+        cxx: ["g++"]
+        include:
+          - container: "archlinux:latest"
+            cc: "clang"
+            cxx: "clang++"
+
+    env:
+      # Speed up build with ccache
+      CC: ccache ${{ matrix.cc }}
+      CXX: ccache ${{ matrix.cxx }}
+      CONTAINER: ${{ matrix.container }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup environment variables
+        id: distro-name
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          split=(${CONTAINER//:/ })
+          distro=${split[0]}
+          short_sha=${SHA:0:8}
+          echo "DISTRO=$distro" | tee -a  $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Install git command
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::Install git ..."
+          apt-get update -qq && apt-get install --assume-yes git || true
+          dnf update -y && dnf install -y git || true
+          pacman --noconfirm -Sy git || true
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+      - name: Repository checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Install dependency packages
+        run: .github/workflows/${{ env.DISTRO }}.sh
+      - name: Enable ccache to speed up builds
+        uses: hendrikmuhs/[email protected]
+        with:
+          key: ${{ env.DISTRO }}-${{ matrix.cc }}
+
+      - name: Build the source code
+        run: .github/workflows/builds.sh