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+name: Test python package
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'gh-pages'
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'gh-pages'
+jobs:
+  pytest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 8
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10.0-alpha - 3.10.0"]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        pip install -e .[dev]
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest
+    - name: Test install
+      run: |
+        python setup.py install