Add community standards, documentation, and CI/CD infrastructure

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Description

Establishes modern open source project standards for the intellij-erlang repository. No code changes—pure infrastructure and documentation improvements to support community engagement and maintainability.

Fixes # (how to improve the project)

Type of Change

• Documentation update

How Has This Been Tested?

• Manual testing

Test Configuration:

• All changes are documentation/configuration files
• Verified markdown rendering
• Validated YAML syntax for workflows

Checklist:

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published

Screenshots (if appropriate):

N/A - Documentation changes only

Additional Notes:

What Changed

Community Standards (5 files)

• SECURITY.md: Vulnerability reporting process, supported versions, response SLA
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md: Contributor Covenant 2.0 guidelines
• CONTRIBUTING.md: Expanded from 15 to 187 lines with setup, testing, commit conventions
• README.md: Added badges, features list, installation instructions, proper navigation
• KNOWN_ISSUES.md: Documents IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin 2.5.0 dependency resolution failure

GitHub Templates (4 files)

• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md: Environment checklist, log requests
• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md: Use cases, contribution willingness
• .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md: Type classification, testing requirements
• .github/dependabot.yml: Weekly updates for Gradle deps and GitHub Actions

CI/CD

• .github/workflows/ci.yml: Java 21, Gradle caching, artifact uploads, continue-on-error for known build issues

Changelog

• CHANGELOG.md: Added version 0.12 entry documenting these improvements

Impact

11 files changed: 704 additions, 25 deletions
Zero code risk: No source modifications, no build config changes

Build System Note

The repository has pre-existing build failures (IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin dependency resolution). This PR documents the issue in KNOWN_ISSUES.md but does not attempt to fix it—the build was already broken in the base commit.

Warning

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• cache-redirector.jetbrains.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED -Xmx1024m -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Duser.country -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp /home/REDACTED/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-8.10-bin/deqhafrv1ntovfmgh0nh3npr9/gradle-8.10/lib/gradle-daemon-main-8.10.jar -javaagent:/home/REDACTED/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-8.10-bin/deqhafrv1ntovfmgh0nh3npr9/gradle-8.10/lib/agents/gradle-instrumentation-agent-8.10.jar org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon 8.10 (dns block)
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.xml/javax.xml.namespace=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=384m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xms256m -Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp /usr/share/gradle-9.2.0/lib/gradle-daemon-main-9.2.0.jar -javaagent:/usr/share/gradle-9.2.0/lib/agents/gradle-instrumentation-agent-9.2.0.jar org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon 9.2.0 (dns block)
• data.services.jetbrains.com
  • Triggering command: curl -s REDACTED (dns block)
• download.jetbrains.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED -Xmx1024m -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Duser.country -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp /home/REDACTED/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-8.10-bin/deqhafrv1ntovfmgh0nh3npr9/gradle-8.10/lib/gradle-daemon-main-8.10.jar -javaagent:/home/REDACTED/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-8.10-bin/deqhafrv1ntovfmgh0nh3npr9/gradle-8.10/lib/agents/gradle-instrumentation-agent-8.10.jar org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon 8.10 (dns block)
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.xml/javax.xml.namespace=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=384m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xms256m -Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp /usr/share/gradle-9.2.0/lib/gradle-daemon-main-9.2.0.jar -javaagent:/usr/share/gradle-9.2.0/lib/agents/gradle-instrumentation-agent-9.2.0.jar org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon 9.2.0 (dns block)

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