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-# This file is redundant with setup.cfg;
-# it exists to let GitHub build the repository dependency graph
-# https://help.github.com/en/github/visualizing-repository-data-with-graphs/listing-the-packages-that-a-repository-depends-on
-
-numpy >= 1.21
-packaging >= 21.3
-pandas >= 1.4