Bump version to 2.8.0-alpha #1243

	name: Python Checks and Tests

	on:
	push:
	branches-ignore:
	- 'future3/**'
	pull_request:
	# The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
	branches: [ develop ]

	jobs:
	build:

	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	strategy:
	max-parallel: 4
	matrix:
	python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']

	steps:
	- uses: actions/checkout@v4
	- name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
	uses: actions/setup-python@v5
	with:
	python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
	- name: Install dependencies
	run: \|
	python -m pip install --upgrade pip
	pip install wheel
	pip install spidev
	pip install -r requirements.txt
	pip install -r requirements-GPIO.txt
	- name: Lint with flake8
	run: \|
	pip install flake8
	# stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
	flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics --filename=.py,.py.*
	# exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
	flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics --filename=.py,.py.*
	- name: Test with pytest
	run: \|
	pytest --cov --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report xml
	- name: Report to Coveralls (parallel)
	uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
	with:
	github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
	file: coverage.xml
	format: cobertura
	parallel: true

	finish:
	needs: build
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	steps:
	- name: Close parallel build
	uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
	with:
	parallel-finished: true
	#carryforward: "run-1,run-2"

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