Update dlclive requirement & add deploy workflow

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

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+name: Build, validate & Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - public
+    types:
+      - labeled
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - synchronize
+      - reopened
+
+jobs:
+  build_check:
+    name: Build & validate package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]  # adjust to what you support
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      # If we use UV later, the lock file should be included here for caching and validation
+      - name: Cache pip
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pip
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml', 'setup.cfg', 'setup.py', 'requirements.txt') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ matrix.python-version }}-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+
+      - name: Install build tools
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install build twine wheel "packaging>=24.2"
+
+      - name: Build distributions (sdist + wheel)
+        run: python -m build
+
+      - name: Inspect dist
+        run: |
+          ls -lah dist/
+          echo "sdist contents (first ~200 entries):"
+          tar -tf dist/*.tar.gz | sed -n '1,200p'
+
+      - name: Twine metadata & README check
+        run: python -m twine check dist/*
+
+      - name: Install from wheel & smoke test
+        run: |
+          # Install from the built wheel (not from the source tree)
+          python -m pip install dist/*.whl
+
+          python - <<'PY'
+          import importlib
+          pkg_name = "dlclivegui"  # change if your top-level import differs
+          m = importlib.import_module(pkg_name)
+          print("Imported:", m.__name__, "version:", getattr(m, "__version__", "n/a"))
+          PY
+
+          # Console entry point best-effort check (adjust name if different)
+          (command -v dlclivegui && dlclivegui --help) || echo "CLI not available or returned non-zero; continuing."
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build_check
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}  # only on tag pushes like v1.2.3
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - name: Install build tools
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install build twine
+
+      - name: Build distributions (sdist + wheel)
+        run: python -m build
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_API_KEY }}
+        run: python -m twine upload --verbose dist/*