Additional tests to ensure 1.7.0 compatibility (#487) #1442

Job	Run time
build packages	26s
linter	1m 40s
unit test / python 3.8	1m 26s
unit test / python 3.9	2m 1s
unit test / python 3.10	1m 48s
unit test / python 3.11	1m 55s
verify packages / python 3.8 / ubuntu-latest	1m 54s
verify packages / python 3.9 / ubuntu-latest	1m 32s
verify packages / python 3.10 / ubuntu-latest	1m 23s
verify packages / python 3.11 / ubuntu-latest	2m 8s
verify packages / python 3.8 / macos-latest	2m 22s
verify packages / python 3.9 / macos-latest	1m 42s
verify packages / python 3.10 / macos-latest	2m 1s
verify packages / python 3.11 / macos-latest	2m 39s
verify packages / python 3.8 / windows-latest	3m 39s
verify packages / python 3.9 / windows-latest	3m 59s
verify packages / python 3.10 / windows-latest	2m 53s
verify packages / python 3.11 / windows-latest	4m 36s
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