Add simple sanity tests of the Python bindings

And include them in the CI together with pylint
and formatting checks.

.github/workflows/python.yml

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+name: Test Python bindings
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  test_python:
+    name: Test Python bindings
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+
+    - name: Build and install libcpuid
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool automake
+        libtoolize
+        autoreconf --install
+        ./configure
+        make
+        sudo make install
+        sudo ldconfig
+
+    - name: Check code formatting (black)
+      run: |
+        pip install black
+        black --check python
+
+    - name: Install the libcpuid Python package
+      run: pip install ./python
+
+    - name: Perform static analysis (pylint)
+      run: |
+        pip install pylint
+        pylint python/src/libcpuid
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |
+        pip install pytest
+        pytest ./python