Checklist for the 1.4.x/1.5.0 release

[jrfnl]

Checklist with PRs which should be backported to master if there will be a next release in the 1.x series:

• Composer: give credit where credit is due #165
• GH Actions: improve the draft release creation #166
• GH Actions/release: validate binary against PHP 8.4 #169
• Fix the php executable to handle folder name with spaces #171
• Composer: avoid writing a lock file #173