Additional tests to ensure 1.7.0 compatibility #1441

Job	Run time
linter	1m 44s
build packages	17s
unit test / python 3.8	1m 29s
unit test / python 3.9	1m 34s
unit test / python 3.10	1m 50s
unit test / python 3.11	1m 36s
verify packages / python 3.8 / ubuntu-latest	1m 43s
verify packages / python 3.9 / ubuntu-latest	1m 58s
verify packages / python 3.10 / ubuntu-latest	1m 32s
verify packages / python 3.11 / ubuntu-latest	1m 49s
verify packages / python 3.8 / macos-latest	1m 24s
verify packages / python 3.9 / macos-latest	1m 27s
verify packages / python 3.10 / macos-latest	2m 20s
verify packages / python 3.11 / macos-latest	1m 54s
verify packages / python 3.8 / windows-latest	4m 18s
verify packages / python 3.9 / windows-latest	4m 32s
verify packages / python 3.10 / windows-latest	3m 23s
verify packages / python 3.11 / windows-latest	3m 14s
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