Update GitHub actions upload/download artifact (major)

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
actions/download-artifact	action	major	v7 → v8
actions/upload-artifact	action	major	v6 → v7

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actions/download-artifact (actions/download-artifact)

v8

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actions/upload-artifact (actions/upload-artifact)

v7

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[anomiex]

Can we use actions/download-artifact in post-build?

Going to have to test that on a fork.

[anomiex]

Can we use actions/download-artifact in post-build?

Going to have to test that on a fork.

• https://github.com/anomiex/jetpack/actions/runs/22597318625

[anomiex]

Should be good, but I'm at EOD now. Will merge in the morning, unless someone beats me to it.

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