Added release workflow step to test the distribution

Author: dylannguyen11195

.github/workflows/build-package/action.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: 'Build Python Package'
+description: 'Sets up Python, builds package, and validates it'
+inputs:
+  python-version:
+    description: 'Python version to use'
+    required: false
+    default: '3.8'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Upgrade pip and setuptools
+      shell: bash
+      run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: pip install twine wheel
+      
+    - name: Setup deployment
+      shell: bash
+      run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+    
+    - name: Validate deployment
+      shell: bash
+      run: twine check dist/*

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -6,9 +6,25 @@ on:
     - '*'
 
 jobs:
-    deploy:
+    release-test:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+      steps:
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+        - uses: ./.github/actions/build-package
+
+        - name: Set up a fresh environment and run tests
+          run: |
+            python -m venv venv
+            source venv/bin/activate
+            pip install dist/*.tar.gz
+            pip install dist/*.whl
+            pip install -e .[test]
+            pytest
+
+    release:
         runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        needs: release-test
 
         steps:
           - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -24,18 +40,7 @@ jobs:
               echo "Checking that package version [v$PKG_VERSION] matches release tag [${{ github.ref_name }}]"
               [ "${{ github.ref_type }}" = "tag" ] && [ "${{ github.ref_name }}" = "v$PKG_VERSION" ]
 
-          - name: Upgrade pip and setuptools
-            run: |
-              python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
-    
-          - name: Install dependencies
-            run: pip install twine wheel
-            
-          - name: Setup deployment
-            run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-          
-          - name: Validate deployment
-            run: twine check dist/*
+          - uses: ./.github/actions/build-package
 
           - name: Run deployment
             run: