move dependencies to environment.yml #297

Author: drbenvincent

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ For more instructions see the [Pull request checklist](#pull-request-checklist)
 
    Always use a feature branch. It's good practice to never routinely work on the `main` branch of any repository.
 
-1. Create a new environment using Python >=3.8, for example 3.11
+1. Create the environment from the `environment.yml` file.
 
     ```bash
-    conda create --name CausalPy python=3.11
+    mamba env create -f environment.yml
     ```
 
     Activate the environment.

environment.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: CausalPy
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - arviz>=0.14.0
+  - graphviz
+  - ipython!=8.7.0
+  - matplotlib>=3.5.3
+  - numpy<1.26.0
+  - pandas
+  - patsy
+  - pymc>=5.0.0
+  - scikit-learn>=1
+  - scipy
+  - seaborn>=0.11.2
+  - statsmodels
+  - xarray>=v2022.11.0

pyproject.toml

@@ -26,21 +26,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.8"
 #
 # For an analysis of this field vs pip's requirements files see:
 # https://packaging.python.org/discussions/install-requires-vs-requirements/
-dependencies = [
-    "arviz>=0.14.0",
-    "graphviz",
-    "ipython!=8.7.0",
-    "matplotlib>=3.5.3",
-    "numpy<1.26.0",
-    "pandas",
-    "patsy",
-    "pymc>=5.0.0",
-    "scikit-learn>=1",
-    "scipy",
-    "seaborn>=0.11.2",
-    "statsmodels",
-    "xarray>=v2022.11.0",
-]
+dependencies = []
 
 # List additional groups of dependencies here (e.g. development dependencies). Users
 # will be able to install these using the "extras" syntax, for example: