added conda installation instructions

README.md

@@ -5,20 +5,29 @@
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 # Smokescreen: DESC Modules for data concealment (blinding)
-This repostory (under development) contains the modules for data concealment (blinding) at the following levels of the analysis:
+> :warning: Important notice :warning: : the term "blinding" is used in the context of data concealment for scientific analysis. We understand this is an outdated term and we are working to update it to a more appropriate term. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.
+This repository (under development) contains the modules for data concealment (blinding) at the following levels of the analysis:
 - Data-vector measurements
 - Posterior distribution [not yet developed]
 - (TBC) Catalogues
 
 **You can find the documentation for Smokescreen [here](https://lsstdesc.org/Smokescreen/).**
 
-> :warning: Important notice :warning: : the term "blinding" is used in the context of data concealment for scientific analysis. We understand this is an outdated term and we are working to update it to a more appropriate term. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.
+## Quick Installation
+You can install Smokescreen using conda:
+```bash
+conda install -c conda-forge lsstdesc-smokescreen
+```
 
+For developer installation or other instructions check the [documentation](https://lsstdesc.org/Smokescreen/installation.html).
 
 For questions contact @arthurmloureiro, @jessmuir, or @jablazek
 
-**Legacy Blinding**
-> Legacy Blinding scripts for 2pt data vector blinding with Cosmosis moved to a [new repository](https://github.com/LSSTDESC/legacy_blinding).
+---
+
+**Legacy 2pt Cosmosis Blinding**
+
+Legacy Blinding scripts for 2pt data vector blinding with Cosmosis moved to a [new repository](https://github.com/LSSTDESC/legacy_blinding).
 
 
 

docs/source/installation.rst

@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
 Installation
 ============
 
+Regular Installation
+--------------------
+
 .. note::
     If you have both `Firecrown <https://github.com/LSSTDESC/firecrown>`_ and `pyccl <https://github.com/LSSTDESC/CCL>`_ installed in your environment, you can skip the installation of the dependencies in the ``environment.yml`` file and simply install ``Smokescreen`` using ``pip``:
 
     .. code-block:: bash
 
        python -m pip install smokescreen
 
-If you do not have *Firecrown* and *pyccl* installed, you can install the dependencies using the instructions below.
+If you do not have *Firecrown* and *pyccl* installed, you can install the dependencies using conda:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   conda install -c conda-forge lsstdesc-smokescreen
+
+
+Developer Installation
+-----------------------
+If you want to install the package in development mode (or from source to get the latest version), Follow these instructions below.
 
 Creating a new environment:
----------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 You can create a new conda environment with the required packages using the `environment.yml` file:
 
@@ -26,7 +38,7 @@ This will create a new environment called `desc_smokescreen` with the required p
    conda activate desc_smokescreen
 
 Using an existing environment
------------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If you want to install the `Smokescreen` package in an existing environment, you can install it using:
 
@@ -38,7 +50,8 @@ If you want to install the `Smokescreen` package in an existing environment, you
 After installing the dependencies from `environment.yml`, you can install the `Smokescreen` package using:
 
 Normal Usage Installation
---------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 After installing the dependencies from ``environment.yml``, you can install the ``Smokescreen`` package using:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
@@ -50,7 +63,7 @@ The `-e` flag is optional and installs the package in editable mode (useful for
 Testing the installation
 ------------------------
 
-You can test the installation by running the tests:
+You can test the developer installation by running the unit tests from the Smokescreen directory:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 

environment.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: desc_smokescreen
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-    - python>=3.9
+    - python>=3.12
     - numpy
     - ipykernel
     - scipy
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ dependencies:
       - flake8
       - sacc
       #- git+https://github.com/LSSTDESC/firecrown.git@master
-    - cosmosis 
     - cosmosis-build-standard-library

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "Smokescreen"
 description = "Smokescreen: DESC Blinding Unified Library. Based on the Muir et al. (2021) data-vector blinding method."
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 maintainers = [
     {name = "Arthur Loureiro", email = "arthur.loureiro@fysik.su.se"},
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "scipy>=1.9.0",
     "astropy>=5.2.0",
     "pytest>=7.2.5",
-    "argparse>=1.0",
     "sacc>=0.12",
     "pyccl>=3.0.2",
     "jsonargparse[signatures]>=4.0",