Package unusable in a workflow with other spatial tools due to python dependency pinning. Please update

[rushin682]

Dear authors,

This is a really amazing project and tool for registration in spatial-omics. Thank you very much.

However, it's nearly impossible to use the tool in a workflow with other tools for various downstream tasks, mainly due to the pinning of every python dependency package. Because of these explicit pins, we need to have 2 different virtual environments, one exclusively for STalign and other for everything else, which is less than ideal.

I kindly request you to update the dependency list (possibly also update the repository with updated python packaging tools (i.e with pyproject.toml configurations) instead of setup.py.

To get started, I have created a loosened dependency list (Attached): requirements.txt. This works for aligning ST and histology (i.e Tutorial 3) but I haven't tested it with other functionalities. I kindly request you to do so as well.

I am happy to answer any questions and also help in updating the repository if required.

Thank you for your time and effort on this project.

best, Rushin