CR: implement most of the proposed fixes #2835

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Shellcheck	5s
Dependency	3s
Cache identify	4s
Prepare	7s
Ruff check and force	7s
Check commit	31s
Run pytest using Python 3.13	39s
Process test coverage	17s
Run mypy	0s
Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI	8s
Process test complexity	11s
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