Remove pytables as a conda dependency

[niksirbi]

Description

What is this PR

• Bug fix
• Addition of a new feature
• Other

Why is this PR needed?

Currently, we have a two-step installation process:

1. Create a conda environment, with pytables installed:

conda create -n movement-env -c conda-forge python=3.10 pytables
conda activate movement-env

2. Install movement itself.

pip install movement

We would like to simplify it to a single step, so users can simply pip install movement. That can be preceded by conda create -n movement-env python=3.10, if they want to install it in a fresh environment (which we still recommend).

What does this PR do?

As per @willGraham01's suggestion, we now require pandas[hdf5] instead of vanilla pandas. See #91 for more details on this.

References

Closes #91

How has this PR been tested?

Tested locally on an M2 Mac and on CI across platforms.

Is this a breaking change?

No.

Does this PR require an update to the documentation?

The installation instructions have been updated accordingly. We still recommend using a conda environment (albeit without pytables), and after that it's simply pip install movement.

Checklist:

• The code has been tested locally
• Tests have been added to cover all new functionality (installation already covered in CI)
• The documentation has been updated to reflect any changes
• The code has been formatted with pre-commit

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[lochhh]

Thanks! @niksirbi LGTM 🚀