BLD: Build wheels with numpy 2.0rc1 (#58126)

* BLD: Build wheels with numpy 2.0rc1

* Update pyproject.toml

Author: lithomas1

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@ requires = [
     "meson==1.2.1",
     "wheel",
     "Cython~=3.0.5",  # Note: sync with setup.py, environment.yml and asv.conf.json
-    # Any NumPy version should be fine for compiling.  Users are unlikely
-    # to get a NumPy<1.25 so the result will be compatible with all relevant
-    # NumPy versions (if not it is presumably compatible with their version).
-    # Pin <2.0 for releases until tested against an RC.  But explicitly allow
-    # testing the `.dev0` nightlies (which require the extra index).
-    "numpy>1.22.4,<=2.0.0.dev0",
+    # Force numpy higher than 2.0rc1, so that built wheels are compatible
+    # with both numpy 1 and 2
+    "numpy>=2.0.0rc1",
     "versioneer[toml]"
 ]
 
@@ -152,9 +149,6 @@ setup = ['--vsenv'] # For Windows
 skip = "cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* pp* *_i686 *_ppc64le *_s390x"
 build-verbosity = "3"
 environment = {LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all"}
-# TODO: remove this once numpy 2.0 proper releases
-# and specify numpy 2.0 as a dependency in [build-system] requires in pyproject.toml
-before-build = "pip install numpy==2.0.0rc1"
 test-requires = "hypothesis>=6.46.1 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0"
 test-command = """
   PANDAS_CI='1' python -c 'import pandas as pd; \
@@ -163,9 +157,7 @@ test-command = """
   """
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
-# TODO: remove this once numpy 2.0 proper releases
-# and specify numpy 2.0 as a dependency in [build-system] requires in pyproject.toml
-before-build = "pip install delvewheel numpy==2.0.0rc1"
+before-build = "pip install delvewheel"
 repair-wheel-command = "delvewheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel}"
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]