ci: add github lint and test workflow

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: test
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "master"
+      - "feature/*"
+      - "hotfix/*"
+      - "release/*"
+      - "renovate/*"
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: make setup
+      - name: Run Linters
+        run: make lint
+  test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        python: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13-dev']
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          cache: 'pip'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: make setup
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: make test
+        env:
+          PYTEST_ADDOPTS: "--no-header -vv -rN"

tox.ini

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-# Copyright 2017 Canonical Ltd.
+# Copyright 2017,2024 Canonical Ltd.
 # Licensed under the LGPLv3, see LICENCE file for details.
 
 [tox]
 envlist = lint, py27, py35, docs
 # envlist = py27
+# If the system has tox < 4.8, installs a newer tox in a venv.
+minversion = 4.8
 
 [testenv]
 setenv =