Update github actions for release and add release notes for 2.0.9.

Author: davidt

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
 

HISTORY.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ History
 Unreleased
 ==========
 
+2.0.9
+=====
+
+* Fixed some typos in the docs.
+* Fixed string type of errors reported from compilers and compressors.
+* Updated github actions matrix for host and django support.
+* Updated github actions configuration to use modern versions of third-party
+  actions.
+* Improved the packager to copy files to (S3) storage if it does not exist
+  (#502).
+
+
 2.0.8
 =====