Fix release-approval and temporarily disable PyPi release to test the release workflow

[jmsfltchr]

What is the goal of this PR?

Get the release-approval step of the CI workflow working.

What are the changes implemented in this PR?

• Changes to the CI configuration
• Comments out the deployment to PyPi so that releasing can be tested end-to-end

[jmsfltchr]

Temporarily comments out the deployment to PyPi so that the release process can be tested end-to-end on the master branch