feat: Add python base project files

These files create a callable Python package and manage the version
number of the complete project in the __about__.py file only. All other
parts, including Makefile, will use that version number.

src/revpi_middleware/__about__.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 KUNBUS GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+"""Metadata of package."""
+__author__ = "Sven Sager"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2025 KUNBUS GmbH"
+__license__ = " GPL-2.0-or-later"
+__version__ = "0.0.1"

src/revpi_middleware/__init__.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 KUNBUS GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+"""Package: revpi_middleware."""
+from .__about__ import __author__, __copyright__, __license__, __version__

src/revpi_middleware/__main__.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 KUNBUS GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+"""Start main application of this package."""
+
+# If we are running from a wheel, add the wheel to sys.path
+if __package__ == "":
+    from os.path import dirname
+    from sys import path
+
+    # __file__ is package-*.whl/package/__main__.py
+    # Resulting path is the name of the wheel itself
+    package_path = dirname(dirname(__file__))
+    path.insert(0, package_path)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+
+    try:
+        # Use absolute import in the __main__ module
+        from revpi_middleware.main_application import main
+
+        # Run the main application of this package
+        sys.exit(main())
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"Can not start __main__ module: {e}\n")
+        sys.exit(1)