Deprecation warning using setup.py instead of pyproject.toml

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Starting with pip 25.0 (January 1, 2025) we'll have to move from setup.py to pyproject.toml. Check pvlib-python for implementation example.

DEPRECATION: Legacy editable install of bifacial-radiance==0.4.4.dev0+g1d96a19.d20240828 from file:///F:/Documents/Python%20Scripts/bifacial_radiance (setup.py develop) is deprecated. pip 25.0 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to add a pyproject.toml or enable --use-pep517, and use setuptools >= 64. If the resulting installation is not behaving as expected, try using --config-settings editable_mode=compat. Please consult the setuptools documentation for more information. Discussion can be found at pypa/pip#11457

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Additional related deprecation warning in docs\sphinx\source\conf.py:

UserWarning: Setuptools is replacing distutils.

This appears to be a workaround hack in conf.py due to a pandas error that is fixed in pd 1.4.x. If we bump to pandas>=1.4.1 then we can fix this deprecation by removing the call to distutils.