feat: Initial release

[abaczek]

This pull request introduces several new workflows, updates documentation, and adds example scripts for the MFD Ping project. The primary focus is on automating builds, releases, and code analysis, while also providing comprehensive documentation and usage examples for the module.

New workflows for CI/CD and code analysis:

• .github/workflows/build_upload_whl.yml: Adds a reusable workflow for building and optionally uploading Python .whl packages to PyPI. Includes steps for version bumping, unit and functional test execution, and publishing packages.
• .github/workflows/manual_release.yml: Introduces a manual release workflow triggered via workflow_dispatch, leveraging the reusable build_upload_whl.yml workflow for release builds.
• .github/workflows/pull_requests.yml: Implements a workflow for pull requests that builds .whl packages for development purposes using the reusable build_upload_whl.yml workflow.
• .github/workflows/codeql.yml: Adds a CodeQL workflow for advanced code analysis on the main branch and pull requests, supporting Python and GitHub Actions languages.

Documentation updates:

• README.md: Provides detailed information about the MFD Ping module, its usage, API, supported OSes, and integration with Traffic Manager. Includes installation instructions for ESXi users.
• AUTHORS.md: Lists contributors to the project.
• CONTRIBUTING.md: Updates project name and license reference.
• LICENSE.md: Adds the MIT license for the project.

Example scripts:

• examples/simple_example.py: Demonstrates basic usage of the MFD Ping module with a local connection.
• examples/mellanox_example.py: Provides an example of using the MFD Ping module with an interactive SSH connection for Mellanox switches.

[mfd-intel-bot]

We don't publish DEVs .whl.
To build .whl, run 'pip install git+https://github.com/intel/mfd-ping@first_release'

[mfd-intel-bot]

We don't publish DEVs .whl.
To build .whl, run 'pip install git+https://github.com/intel/mfd-ping@first_release'

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[mfd-intel-bot]

We don't publish DEVs .whl.
To build .whl, run 'pip install git+https://github.com/intel/mfd-ping@first_release'

[mfd-intel-bot]

We don't publish DEVs .whl.
To build .whl, run 'pip install git+https://github.com/intel/mfd-ping@first_release'

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

Initial release of the MFD Ping module, adding CI/CD workflows, documentation, and example scripts, plus comprehensive unit tests and multi-OS ping implementations.

• Introduces reusable GitHub Actions workflows for building, testing, and releasing Python wheels, plus CodeQL scanning.
• Adds multi-platform ping logic (WindowsPing, LinuxPing, FreeBSDPing, EsxiPing, MellanoxPing) with unit tests covering argument preparation and output parsing.
• Provides Sphinx-based documentation setup, examples for local and SSH-based use, and traffic manager integration.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 44 out of 47 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File	Description
.github/workflows/build_upload_whl.yml	Adds reusable CI workflow for building and publishing .whl packages
mfd_ping/windows.py	Implements Windows-specific ping logic and output parsing
tests/unit/test_mfd_ping/test_windows.py	Adds unit tests for WindowsPing behaviors

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (2)

mfd_ping/traffics/server_traffic.py:16

• No unit tests cover PingServerTraffic; consider adding tests for start, stop, run, and validate methods to ensure expected behavior.

class PingServerTraffic(Traffic):

mfd_ping/windows.py:121

• [nitpick] The docstring for frag says 'Enable fragmentation', but code treats frag=False as adding the '-f' (no-fragment) flag. Clarify the parameter description to indicate it controls the 'do not fragment' option (e.g., no_frag: bool) or invert the flag logic accordingly.

        if frag is False: