lint and release only python version defined in var, ci builds for la…

…st versions

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        # build for (last 5) major supported versions to ensure compatibility to some degree,
+        # but really recommended, linted and deployed is only the latest
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", ${{ vars.PYTHON_VERSION }}]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/pylint.yml

@@ -5,15 +5,12 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        python-version: ${{ vars.PYTHON_VERSION }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
+        python-version: ${{ vars.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
     # version management
     - name: Install poetry