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+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python import test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+
+  latest:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python #${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      # with:
+      #   python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        python -m pip install numpy scipy matplotlib scikit-image # add versions to matrix
+    - name: Trial imports
+      run: python -c 'import pytools as pt'
+
+  import-matrix:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        # matplotlib-version: ["3.3.0", "3.5.3"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        python -m pip install numpy scipy matplotlib scikit-image # add versions to matrix
+    - name: Trial imports
+      run: python -c 'import pytools as pt'
+
+
+  lint:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install flake8 pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        python -m pip install numpy scipy matplotlib scikit-image  # add versions to matrix
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # 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