Add more flexible dependency management (#420)

Author: schroedtert

pyproject.toml

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "numpy~=2.1",
-    "pandas~=2.2.3",
-    "Shapely~=2.0.6",
-    "scipy~=1.14",
-    "matplotlib~=3.9",
-    "h5py~=3.12",
+    "numpy>=2.1,<3.0",
+    "pandas>=2.2.3,<3.0",
+    "Shapely>=2.0.6,<3.0",
+    "scipy>=1.14,<2.0",
+    "matplotlib>=3.9,<4.0",
+    "h5py>=3.12,<4.0",
 ]
 
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

requirements.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-numpy~=2.1
-pandas~=2.2.3
-Shapely~=2.0.6
-scipy~=1.14
-matplotlib~=3.9
-h5py~=3.12
+numpy>=2.1,<3.0
+pandas>=2.2.3,<3.0
+Shapely>=2.0.6,<3.0
+scipy>=1.14,<2.0
+matplotlib>=3.9,<4.0
+h5py>=3.12,<4.0
 
 # testing
 pytest~=8.3