fix github action for publishing releases #1039
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#1038 didn't work because pypi (and test pypi) don't allow local versions (tag+commits.hash). With some work (e.g. here) it would be possible to upload distributions for each commit to test pypi, but I don't think it's worth the effort. So this PR simplifies the build to tags that start with "v" and only pushes to pypi.
I don't understand why the PyPA guide suggests uploading each commit to test pypi if the standard tools don't make it easy to do so. I checked a hadnful of PyPA's own packages and none of them follow this practice either.
Once this PR is merged I'll test it by pushing an 0.8.0 alpha tag.