Allow scikit-learn version 1.4.*?

[juhoinkinen]

Scikit-learn releases have advanced to 1.4 series.

Could you check if stwfsapy could allow upgrading to Scikit-learn 1.4.* ? Now it has pinned scikit-learn to <1.3:

stwfsapy/pyproject.toml

Line 16 in 7b0d47b

scikit-learn = ">0.24,<1.3"

This would allow upgrading Scikit-learn to 1.4.* also in Annif.

[juhoinkinen]

A good question is whether (minor) versions should have upper bounds at all... In Annif there has been quite constant need to sort out dependency problems:

• Fix RTD builds by upgrading dependencies  NatLibFi/Annif#768
• Fix tests and Docker rebuild due to defunct Schemathesis and pytest dependencies resolution NatLibFi/Annif#767
• Fix installation on Python 3.8 due to missing Tensorflow-io wheel NatLibFi/Annif#759
• Fix tests error due to pinned schemathesis version 3.19.* / Docker rebuild NatLibFi/Annif#752

I think this very long blog post generally says "no", but I did not read nor understand it thoroughly.

[Lakshmi-bashyam]

Thanks for sharing the blog post. I do agree with their stance on upper bounds, at least for minor version.
While it make sense to follow it now, we have to revisit in case any issues arise.