standardize setup.py

setup.py

@@ -4,17 +4,32 @@
 with open("VERSION") as f:
     version = f.read().strip()
 
-# TODO: this is not the advised way to do this for a library
-# but before fixing it, we need to decide on the best way to install spacy models
+
+# Try not to add new dependencies unless they are really essential.
+# If you add a new dependency, make sure to make the version range as wide as possible.
+# TODO: we need to decide on the best way to install particular spacy models
 # and other data files that are not python modules.
-with open('requirements.txt') as f:
-    requirements = f.read().splitlines()
+INSTALL_REQUIRES = [
+    "arrow>=1.1.1",
+    "matplotlib>=3.5.3",
+    "networkx<=2.7",
+    "pandas>=1.4.1",
+    "pyarrow>=11.0.0",
+    "ratelimit>=2.2.1",
+    "requests>=2.28.1",
+    "scikit-learn>=1.1.0",
+    "scipy>=1.8",
+    "spacy>=3.4.1,<4.0.0",
+    "sqlitedict>=1.7.0",
+    "tqdm>=4.62.3",
+    "Wikidata>=0.7.0"
+]
 
 setup(
     name="news-signals",
     version=version,
     description="A library for working with text and timeseries data.",
-    install_requires=requirements,
+    install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES,
     long_description=open("README.md").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     readme="README.md",