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+version: 2
+
+orbs:
+    python: circleci/python@2.0.3
+
+jobs:
+
+  test-macos:
+    macos:
+      xcode: "12.5.1"
+    # resource_class: macos.x86.medium.gen2
+    working_directory: ~/ocrd-core
+    environment:
+      PIP: pip3
+      PYTHON: python3
+      PIP_INSTALL: pip3 install --user
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install imagemagick geos bash opencv
+      - run: $PIP_INSTALL -U pip setuptools
+      - run: make install
+      - run: export PATH="/Users/distiller/Library/Python/3.9/bin:$PATH"; make deps-test test benchmark
+
+  test-python37:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/python:3.7
+    working_directory: ~/ocrd-core
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: sudo apt-get -y update
+      - run: sudo make deps-ubuntu 
+      - run: make install deps-test
+      - run: make test benchmark
+      # smoke test to ensure that --editable install works
+      - run: make install-dev; ocrd --version
+
+  test-python38:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/python:3.8
+    working_directory: ~/ocrd-core
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: sudo apt-get -y update
+      - run: sudo make deps-ubuntu
+      - run: make install deps-test
+      - run: make test benchmark
+      # smoke test to ensure that --editable install works
+      - run: make install-dev; ocrd --version
+
+  test-python39:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/python:3.9
+    working_directory: ~/ocrd-core
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: sudo apt-get -y update
+      - run: sudo make deps-ubuntu
+      - run: make install deps-test
+      - run: make test benchmark
+      # smoke test to ensure that --editable install works
+      - run: make install-dev; ocrd --version
+
+  test-python310:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/python:3.10
+    working_directory: ~/ocrd-core
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: sudo apt-get -y update
+      - run: sudo make deps-ubuntu
+      - run: make install deps-test
+      - run: make test benchmark
+      # smoke test to ensure that --editable install works
+      - run: make install-dev; ocrd --version
+
+  test-python311:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/python:3.11
+    working_directory: ~/ocrd-core
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: sudo apt-get -y update
+      - run: sudo make deps-ubuntu
+      - run: make install deps-test
+      - run: make test benchmark
+      # smoke test to ensure that --editable install works
+      - run: make install-dev; ocrd --version
+
+  deploy:
+    docker:
+      - image: circleci/buildpack-deps:stretch
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - setup_remote_docker: # https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/building-docker-images/
+          docker_layer_caching: true
+      - run: make docker
+      - run: make docker-cuda
+      - run:
+          name: Login to Docker Hub
+          command: echo "$DOCKERHUB_PASS" | docker login --username "$DOCKERHUB_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+      - run: docker push ocrd/core:latest
+      - run: docker push ocrd/core-cuda:latest
+      - run: docker tag ocrd/core ocrd/core:$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+      - run: docker tag ocrd/core-cuda ocrd/core-cuda:$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+      - run: docker push ocrd/core:$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+      - run: docker push ocrd/core-cuda:$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+
+workflows:
+  version: 2
+  build-master:
+    jobs:
+      - deploy:
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              only: master
+            tags:
+              only: /^v\d\.\d\d\.\d$/
+  test-pull-request:
+    jobs:
+      - test-python37
+      - test-python38
+      - test-python39
+      - test-python310
+      - test-python311
+      # - test-macos