Updated build system, github workflow, and switched to uv

[CQargi]

• .python_version is removed: The tests workflow was failing because the python version was fixed to 3.9.9 in .python_version file while the workflow was trying to use 3.10.
• Switched to uv and updated the build system to setuptools: poetry build was causing issues with newer versions of python, so switching to setuptools and uv seemed to be the easiest fix.
• Updated test workflow: to use uv and run the tests with python 3.11 and 3.12
• Updated .gitignore: With the recommended python gitignore in here: https://github.com/github/gitignore
• Fixed some linting issues

[Pseudomanifold]

Thanks for this great PR!

I agree with all the changes except the .gitignore. The list of things that your PR adds to that file is way too large and not pertinent to the project. For instance, we are not using any Django components at the moment, so there is no need to ignore them. Furthermore, your changes remove directories like /data/, which should never be added to the repo.

Can you please amend the PR accordingly?

[CQargi]

Thanks for this great PR!

I agree with all the changes except the .gitignore. The list of things that your PR adds to that file is way too large and not pertinent to the project. For instance, we are not using any Django components at the moment, so there is no need to ignore them. Furthermore, your changes remove directories like /data/, which should never be added to the repo.

Can you please amend the PR accordingly?

Done. Sorry, I was being lazy and just copy pasted it. Now, it is cleaned up.

[Pseudomanifold]

Ready to merge, thanks so much!

[Pseudomanifold]

Thanks for your wonderful contribution!