Test and resolve dependency conflicts

[vvcb]

The environment.yml file currently pins Python>=3.11. This is the latest version of Python released in October 2022 with significant performance improvements. Other major libraries have started adding support. However, certain libraries such as pandas-profiling do not work yet.

As the project progresses and there is a need for other libraries such as sklearn, scipy, statsmodels, etc., we are likely to run into dependency issues and may have to downgrade to python=3.10* or python=3.9.* even.

It will be very useful if analysts using Python to test and feedback.

[MattStammers]

We in Southampton recommend moving all environments to python 3.10. That is what we are using

[MattStammers]

some of the commit hooks break if you use python 3.10 but they can be deactivated as needed

[vvcb]

Closing as no issues have been reported so far.