Update eqt version and Python requirements (#482)

* Update eqt version and Python requirements

Updated the version requirement for 'eqt' and removed specific Python version constraints.

* Update CHANGELOG for dependency changes

Updated dependencies section to reflect removals.

* reformat changelog entry

* Namespace update (#483)

* PEP420 implicit namespace package
* update GHActions

Author: paskino

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 
 ## v25.1.0
 New Functionality:
-- Added toolbar to control the slice and volume render in QCILViewerWidget (#458)
-- added methods to access the state of the viewer3D (#479)
+  - Added toolbar to control the slice and volume render in QCILViewerWidget (#458)
+  - added methods to access the state of the viewer3D (#479)
+
 Enhancements:
-- Update recipe to require eqt Version 2.0.0 #458
-- Add a toolbar and settings menus to the 3D viewer #458
-- Add script to generate numpy array test data #458
-- Removed `__init__.py` in ccpi namespace, PEP-420 #483
+  - Update recipe to require eqt Version 2.0.0 #458
+  - Add a toolbar and settings menus to the 3D viewer #458
+  - Add script to generate numpy array test data #458
+  - Removed `__init__.py` in ccpi namespace, PEP-420 #483
+Dependencies:
+  - removed python pinning (#482)
+  - removed importlib_metadata, required for python <3.8 (#482)
 
 
 ## v25.0.0
@@ -296,4 +300,4 @@ Documentation
 
  * Make use of original image origin and spacing when downsampling and cropping images
 
- * Change default raw datatype to be unit8
+ * Change default raw datatype to be unit8

Wrappers/Python/conda-recipe/meta.yaml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ test:
     - pillow
     - pytest
     - pyside2
-    - eqt>=1.0.0
+    - eqt>=2.0.0
   source_files:
     - ./Wrappers/Python/test
 
@@ -30,15 +30,14 @@ test:
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - python >=3.7
+    - python
     - vtk
     - setuptools
 
   run:
-    - python >=3.7
+    - python
     - numpy
     - vtk
-    - importlib_metadata    # [py<38]
     - h5py
     - pyyaml
     - schema