Test import of lr_autoreduce in CI pipeline

[backmari]

Description of work:

Change the conda verify step to use the action conda-verify and add an extra command to check that after installing the conda package lr_reduction, one can also import the new package lr_autoreduce.

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• updated documentation
• Source added/refactored
• Added unit tests
• Added integration tests
• Verified that tests requiring the /SNS and /HFIR filesystems pass without fail

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Check list for the reviewer

• best software practices
  • clearly named variables (better to be verbose in variable names)
  • code comments explaining the intent of code blocks
• All the tests are passing
• The documentation is up to date
• code comments added when explaining intent

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 85.00%. Comparing base (8d79912) to head (4745346).

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR modernizes the CI pipeline's conda package verification process by replacing a separate verification job with an integrated verification step using the neutrons/conda-verify GitHub Action. The PR also adds explicit import testing for the lr_autoreduce package and updates the pixi-build-python version constraint.

Changes:

• Replaces the standalone conda-verify job with an integrated verification step in the build job using neutrons/conda-verify@v0.1.2 action
• Adds import tests for lr_reduction, lr_autoreduce, and mantid packages
• Updates pixi-build-python version constraint from 0.1.* to * in pyproject.toml

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File	Description
pyproject.toml	Relaxes pixi-build-python version constraint to wildcard
pixi.lock	Updates package version and removes editable flag (auto-generated)
.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml	Consolidates package verification into build job, adds import tests, updates job dependencies

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