Add photonlibpy (#1040)

* Added a pure-python implementation of photonlib, named photonlibpy and hosted on pypi

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Co-authored-by: Matt <matthew.morley.ca@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/python.yml

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+name: Build and Distribute PhotonLibPy
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  buildAndDeploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 99999
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install setuptools wheel pytest
+
+      - name: Build wheel
+        working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
+        run: |
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+      - name: Run Unit Tests
+        working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
+        run: |
+            pip install --no-cache-dir dist/*.whl
+            pytest
+
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: ./photon-lib/py/dist/
+
+      - name: Publish package distributions to TestPyPI
+        # Only upload on tags
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          packages_dir: ./photon-lib/py/dist/
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing