Merge pull request #1041 from marc-vdm/update_bw2io_requirement

Update Brightway2 requirement

README.md

@@ -27,13 +27,7 @@ Please also read and cite our [scientific paper](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpa
 
 # Contents
 - [Installation](#installation)
-    - [The quick way](#the-quick-way)
-    - [The thorough way](#the-thorough-way)
-        - [Conda](#conda)
-        - [Install the AB with ecoinvent >=3.9](#install-the-ab-with-ecoinvent-39)
-        - [Install the AB with ecoinvent <3.9](#install-the-ab-with-older-ecoinvent-versions-39)
-    - [Updating the AB](#updating-the-ab)
-    - [Mamba](#mamba)
+- [Updating the AB](#updating-the-ab)
 - [Getting started](#getting-started)
     - [Running the AB](#running-the-ab)
     - [Importing LCI databases](#importing-lci-databases)
@@ -60,15 +54,20 @@ conda activate ab
 activity-browser
 ```
 
-## The thorough way
+### Mamba
+
+You can also install the AB using [Mamba](https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mamba-installation.html#mamba-install):
 
-| :warning: The activity browser has dropped support for python versions below `3.8`|
-|---|
-| You should re-install if you have an older installation of the activity browser which doesn't use `python >= 3.8` (you can check with `conda list` or `python --version` in your conda environment). You can remove your existing environment with `conda remove -n ab --all` or choose a new environment name (instead of `ab`). Re-installing will not affect your activity-browser/brightway projects. |
+```bash
+mamba create -n ab activity-browser
+mamba activate ab
+activity-browser
+```
 
+## The thorough way
 ### Conda
 
-We recommend that you use **conda** to manage your python installation. You can install [Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual) or the more compact [miniconda](https://conda.io/miniconda.html) (Python 3 of course) for your operating system. Installation instructions for miniconda can be found [here](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html). See also the [conda user guide](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/index.html) or the [Conda cheat sheet](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/_downloads/843d9e0198f2a193a3484886fa28163c/conda-cheatsheet.pdf).
+We recommend that you use **conda** to manage your python installation. You can install [Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual) or the more compact [miniconda](https://conda.io/miniconda.html) (Python 3 version) for your operating system. Installation instructions for miniconda can be found [here](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html). See also the [conda user guide](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/index.html) or the [Conda cheat sheet](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/_downloads/843d9e0198f2a193a3484886fa28163c/conda-cheatsheet.pdf).
 
 Skip this step if you already have a working installation of anaconda or miniconda, but make sure to keep your conda installation up-to-date: `conda update conda`.
 
@@ -78,23 +77,13 @@ The activity-browser has many dependencies that are managed by the [conda-forge]
 ```bash
 conda config --prepend channels conda-forge
 ```
-### Install the AB with ecoinvent >=3.9
-After prepending the Conda-Forge channel the following line should be executed within the command prompt/terminal to install the AB and it's dependencies.
-
-```bash
-conda create -n ab activity-browser
-```
-This will install the Activity Browser with the latest version of the Brightway2 libraries (currently excluding Brightway2.5 libraries).
-
-### Install the AB with older ecoinvent versions (<3.9)
-
-If you want to work with with older versions of ecoinvent (<3.9) in the AB, a different Biosphere3 database needs to be installed. This requires a _**different version of the bw2io library**_ to be installed, see also [here](https://github.com/brightway-lca/brightway2-io). Note that this version of bw2io can ONLY work with ecoinvent versions < 3.9. If you want to work with version > 3.9 AND < 3.9, the only solution currently available is to use two separate virtual environments (i.e. two AB installations).
 
-To install a version of the AB that can handle ecoinvent versions <3.9, do the following: For a new installation from the conda-forge repository the same initial steps need to be made: Prepending the Conda-Forge repository in the channels, and installing the AB and dependencies. After the successful installation, the following two commands need to be executed before running the AB: <i>1)</i> Remove the latest version of the Brightway2 Input-Output library, <i>2)</i> Install an older version of the Brightway2 Input-Output library.
+### Installing Activity Browser
 
 ```bash
-conda remove --force bw2io
-conda install bw2io=0.8.7
+conda create -n ab -c conda-forge activity-browser
+conda activate ab
+activity-browser
 ```
 
 #### Activity Browser is installed
@@ -110,16 +99,6 @@ conda activate ab
 conda update activity-browser
 ```
 
-## Mamba
-
-You can also install the AB using [Mamba](https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mamba-installation.html#mamba-install):
-
-```bash
-mamba create -n ab activity-browser
-mamba activate ab
-activity-browser
-```
-
 # Getting started
 
 ## Running the AB
@@ -173,7 +152,6 @@ These are the plugins that we know about. To add your plugin to this list either
 | [Notebook](https://github.com/Pan6ora/ab-plugin-Notebook) | Use Jupyter notebooks from AB | [anaconda](https://anaconda.org/pan6ora/ab-plugin-template), [github](https://github.com/Pan6ora/ab-plugin-Notebook) | Rémy Le Calloch |
 | [template](https://github.com/Pan6ora/activity-browser-plugin-template) | An empty plugin to start from | [anaconda](https://anaconda.org/pan6ora/ab-plugin-template), [github](https://github.com/Pan6ora/activity-browser-plugin-template) | Rémy Le Calloch |
 
-
 ## Installation
 
 ### detailed instructions
@@ -226,14 +204,14 @@ If you experience problems or are suffering from a specific bug, please [raise a
 ### Current main developers
 
 - Bernhard Steubing (b.steubing@cml.leidenuniv.nl) (creator)
-- Jonathan Kidner (j.h.kidner@cml.leidenuniv.nl) (lead developer)
+- Marc van der Meide ([github]((https://github.com/marc-vdm))) (maintainer)
 
 ### Important contributers
 
 - [Adrian Haas](https://github.com/haasad)
 - [Chris Mutel](https://github.com/cmutel)
 - [Daniel de Koning](https://github.com/dgdekoning)
-- [Marc van der Meide](https://github.com/marc-vdm)
+- [Jonathan Kidner](https://github.com/Zoophobus)
 - [Remy le Calloch](https://remy.lecalloch.net)
 
 # Copyright

ci/recipe/stable/meta.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ requirements:
   run:
     - python >=3.8,<3.10
     - arrow
-    - brightway2 >=2.4.2
+    - brightway2 >=2.4.4
     - pyperclip
     - eidl >=1.4.2
     - networkx