linting and test fixes

Add test cfg

Introduction of histogram and statistics gam

Bump version from 1.0.7 to 1.0.8

Fix for when HTTPMessage doesn't have MaxWait defined

Bump version from 1.0.5 to 1.0.6

Add JSON and TXT files to package data

Updated version for release for improved error checking against type

Update pyproject.toml - Increment version

Update pyproject.toml