Fix python builds with a365 deploy

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Editable installs were failing for Python builds on Azure. This PR resolves that issue, tested with Python Claude sample agent.

This pull request updates the Python packaging logic for Azure deployments to address issues with editable installs and to improve package name detection. Instead of using editable installs (which fail on Azure), the process now installs from a pre-built wheel, and a new helper method is introduced to reliably detect the package name from the wheel or pyproject.toml.

Azure Python packaging improvements:

• Switched from using editable installs (-e .) to installing from a pre-built wheel in the dist/ directory, as editable installs fail on Azure due to build location mismatches. The generated requirements.txt now references the wheel and the detected package name instead of using -e ..
• Added a new private method DetectPackageName to extract the package name from the wheel filename or, as a fallback, from pyproject.toml. If neither is found, it defaults to ".". This ensures the correct package is installed during deployment.

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This PR updates Azure Python deployment packaging to avoid editable installs (which fail under Oryx) by generating a requirements.txt that installs the app from a pre-built wheel in dist/, and adds package-name detection to support that flow.

Changes:

• Switched Azure requirements.txt generation from -e . editable installs to wheel-based installs using --find-links dist.
• Added DetectPackageName helper to infer distribution name from a wheel filename or pyproject.toml.
• Updated logging to reflect the new wheel install approach.

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src/Tests/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli.Tests/Services/PythonBuilderTests.cs:28

• These test names still say CreatesEditableRequirementsTxt, but the assertions now validate wheel-based installation (and explicitly assert NotContain(\"-e .\")). Renaming the tests to reflect the new behavior (e.g., CreatesWheelRequirementsTxt / CreatesAzureRequirementsTxt_ForWheelInstall) will reduce confusion and keep intent aligned with the implementation.

    public async Task BuildAsync_WithPyprojectToml_CreatesEditableRequirementsTxt()

src/Tests/Microsoft.Agents.A365.DevTools.Cli.Tests/Services/PythonBuilderTests.cs:60

• These test names still say CreatesEditableRequirementsTxt, but the assertions now validate wheel-based installation (and explicitly assert NotContain(\"-e .\")). Renaming the tests to reflect the new behavior (e.g., CreatesWheelRequirementsTxt / CreatesAzureRequirementsTxt_ForWheelInstall) will reduce confusion and keep intent aligned with the implementation.

    public async Task BuildAsync_WithSetupPy_CreatesEditableRequirementsTxt()

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