Refactor CI/CD system based on latest standardization for upstreams

[markurtz]

Specifically, it standardizes around the following pieces and is intended to be compliant with PEP 440, 517, 518, 621, and 660.

Package:

• Use pyproject.toml to follow the modern pep standards for python project packaging
• Use setup.py to augment the packaging enabling dynamic portions
• Use tox.ini to standardize everything through reproducible environments

Build:

• Sources the versions to update to from tags on the repo
• Ensure last release version is always represented in code (setup.py) so that builds will work absent a git repo / inside of a sdist package
• Utilize setuptools_git_versioning to enable dynamic versioning based on environment variables and git state, if available, while compiling to a static version for compatibility with wheel, sdist, and editable install flows
• Specifically, enables build types of dev=#.#.#.dev#, nightly=#.#.#.a#, candidate=#.#.#.rc#, and release=#.#.#
• Enables build iterations if a suffix is added based on an environment variable passed in, then the distance for the current commit from the last release tag, then defaults to 0
• Populates a version.txt and version.py under the root repo on build to ensure that info is properly stored and distributed

CI/CD:

• Enables development flows on PR creation to run standard checks for quality and tests as well as creating a dev build with the iteration set to the PR number
• Enables main branch flows on commit push to run standard checks for quality and tests
• Enables nightly flows on a cron job every 24hrs to run more substantial tests and push up a '.a' release if tests pass with the iteration number set to the number of commits since the last release tag
• Enables release candidate flows that are triggered on creation or push to a release branch to run full test sweeps and push up a '.rc' release if tests pass with the iteration number set to the number of commits since the last release tag
• Enables release flows that are triggered on the creation of a version tag that push up the release build and run a full suite of tests after to identify any potential issues post release

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Pull Request Overview

This PR refactors the CI/CD system and packaging configuration to align with modern standards (PEP 440, 517, 518, 621, and 660), leveraging dynamic versioning via setuptools_git_versioning. Key changes include:

• Removal of the legacy build properties injection file and migration of versioning logic to setup.py.
• Updates to pyproject.toml with dynamic version configuration, revised project metadata (license, authors, keywords), and dependency adjustments.
• Enhancements in GitHub workflows (release, candidate, nightly, development) for improved checkout, dependency installation, and environment variable usage.

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File	Description
utils/inject_build_props.py	Removed legacy file managing build properties
setup.py	Introduces dynamic versioning and writes version files
pyproject.toml	Updates project metadata, dynamic version setting, and deps
.pre-commit-config.yaml	Adjusts pre-commit configuration dependencies
.github/workflows/*.yml	Improves workflow steps (checkout, dependency install, token)

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utils/inject_build_props.py:1

• The removal of 'inject_build_props.py' may affect any processes still relying on its functionality. Please confirm that all necessary build property injection logic is now fully handled by the new setup.py implementation.

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