Alpha builds = internal CI testing
This is the 1.6.1-a1 pre-release.
This is the first pre-release that will produce the first alpha (-a1) builds to verify workflow functionality.
The testing of this pre-release should surface issues that result in fixes made to main.
If needed, the next subsequent build made to verify the functionality of a workflow should tagged as 1.6.1-a2.
The tag 1.6.1-a1 conforms to PyPi versioning, NPM versioning, and all other file extensions for various packages we build.