Loosen dependency version range for requests library

[SamuelMarks]

I was installing mkdocs-material which requests a newer version than coveragepy requires.

ERROR: pip's dependency resolver does not currently take into account all the packages that are installed. This behaviour is the source of the following dependency conflicts.
coveragepy 1.6.0 requires requests==2.25.0, but you have requests 2.32.4 which is incompatible.

Or more explicitly on reverse:

ERROR: pip's dependency resolver does not currently take into account all the packages that are installed. This behaviour is the source of the following dependency conflicts.
mkdocs-material 9.6.15 requires requests~=2.26, but you have requests 2.25.0 which is incompatible.

This PR just loosens up your dependency. Let me know if you want any alterations, like more specific requests version range.

[nedbat]

I'm not understanding something: coverage.py has no run-time dependencies, these are development requirements. How are you using the coveragepy repo? Also, the message says, "coveragepy 1.6.0 requires requests==2.25.0" There was never a coverage 1.6.0 release.

[SamuelMarks]

@nedbat Ohhh silly me, checking pip freeze:

coverage==4.5.3
coveragePy==1.6.0

Your project:
https://pypi.org/project/coverage/ [Jul 24, 2025]

That other random one:
https://pypi.org/project/coveragePy/ [updated Dec 16, 2020]