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-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[project]
-name = "xgboostlss"
-description = "XGBoostLSS - An extension of XGBoost to probabilistic modelling."
-version = "0.4.0"
-license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
-keywords = [
-    "distributional regression",
-    "multi-target regression",
-    "mixture density model",
-    "normalizing flow",
-    "prediction intervals",
-    "probabilistic modelling",
-    "uncertainty estimation"]
-authors = [
-    {name="Alexander März", email="alex.maerz@gmx.net"},
-]
-maintainers = [
-    {name="Alexander März", email="alex.maerz@gmx.net"},
-]
-readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
-classifiers = [
-    "Development Status :: a - Alpha",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache-2.0 license",
-    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-]
-dependencies = [
-    "xgboost~=2.0.3",
-    "torch~=2.1.2",
-    "pyro-ppl~=1.8.6",
-    "optuna~=3.5.0",
-    "properscoring~=0.1",
-    "scikit-learn~=1.4.0",
-    "numpy~=1.26.3",
-    "pandas~=2.1.4",
-    "plotnine~=0.12.4",
-    "scipy~=1.11.4",
-    "shap~=0.44.0",
-    "seaborn~=0.13.1",
-    "tqdm~=4.66.1",
-    "matplotlib~=3.8.2",
-    "ipython~=8.20.0",
-]
-
-[project.urls]
-Homepage = "https://github.com/StatMixedML/XGBoostLSS"
-Documentation = "https://statmixedml.github.io/XGBoostLSS/"