Bump to v0.44.8a88 special test-version #2451

Job	Run time
Cache identify	5s
Dependency	6s
Shellcheck	6s
Prepare	1m 15s
Ruff check and force	8s
Check commit	30s
Run pytest using Python 3.13	1m 44s
Process test coverage	17s
Run mypy	-1s
Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI	12s
Process test complexity	8s
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