do not error out with negative scales

[stscieisenhamer]

The code to not error on negative scales, and the update of the dependencies, did not make it into a previous PR. This resolves both those issues.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 90.31%. Comparing base (244858c) to head (0a63df5).
Report is 2 commits behind head on main.

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+ Coverage   90.02%   90.31%   +0.29%     
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  Files          17       17              
  Lines        2165     2168       +3     
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+ Hits         1949     1958       +9     
+ Misses        216      210       -6     

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[stscieisenhamer]

regression test

[PaulHuwe]

LGTM.. I presume this will fix the build errors on the other open PRs.

[stscieisenhamer]

A closer examination of the skipped job indicates that the CI is using a MacOS configuration, macOS-12, that is deprecated. Not being versed in the lore of CI configuration, this issue has been brought to the attention of the build engineers.