Fix some minor issues

[ischoegl]

Changes proposed in this pull request

• Ensure that scons test triggers check for pytest (see [Scons] Remove "install" target from "check_for_pytest" #1434)
• Fix author order in AUTHORS
• Update copyright information
• Bump version to 3.0.0a4

Checklist

• The pull request includes a clear description of this code change
• Commit messages have short titles and reference relevant issues
• Build passes (scons build & scons test) and unit tests address code coverage
• Style & formatting of contributed code follows contributing guidelines
• The pull request is ready for review

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #1437 (0b377c3) into main (ba76a7b) will increase coverage by 0.01%.
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[speth]

Can I also suggest a bump to 3.0.0a4? It's been 5 months and 200 commits since the last one. I meant to do this in my last PR but forgot.

[ischoegl]

Can I also suggest a bump to 3.0.0a4? It's been 5 months and 200 commits since the last one. I meant to do this in my last PR but forgot.

It's true that we should bump soon; I was hoping to get #1426 in before, but I know that the review of this one requires some bandwidth.

[ischoegl]

@speth ... just added the suggested version bump.

[speth]

Thanks, @ischoegl. This looks good to me.