Add pytest to dev dependencies;

upgrade dev dependencies;
remove unnecessary main test script entrypoint;
remove unnecessary line from `.gitignore`;
put repo description variable into top-level `__init__.py`;
introduce syntax-error as a reminder to fix copyright;
add CSS fix for broken inline-code segments;
update `index.md` layout;
reorder linting script calls and add a bit more output;
support Python 3.8+ by default;
fix wrong dependency file reference in `pyproject.toml`;
add `pytest` config to `pyproject.toml`;
call `pytest` in `coverage` config;
add a few sensible rule-ignores to `ruff` config

docs/css/extra.css

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+.md-typeset code {
+    word-break: keep-all;  /* Prevent inline-code from being broken up. */
+}