Update v1.7 branch to skip running parallel test when only some workflow file are modified

Author: cderv

.github/workflows/test-smokes-parallel.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,18 @@ on:
       - main
       - "v[1-9].[0-9]+" # run also on released version branch (for patch releases)
     paths-ignore:
+      # Don't run on PRs that only change these files that
+      # are not relevant to the tested features
       - "src/resources/language/**"
+      - "dev-docs/**"
+      # don't run on PR working on other workflows
+      - ".github/workflows/create-release.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/performance-check.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/stale-needs-repro.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/test-bundle.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/test-ff-matrix.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/test-quarto-latexmk.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/update-test-timing.yml"
   push:
     # only trigger on branches, not on tags
     branches: