Relax requirements for scipy

[stweil]

Python 3.8 only supports scipy 1.10, but newer Python versions like 3.11 also work fine with scipy 1.11.

[stweil]

Maybe we could even relax the requirements further. Meanwhile there exists scipy 1.12.0, and I could run the tests with that newer release:

$ pytest -k 'not test_train'
================================================================================== test session starts ===================================================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.11.2, pytest-8.1.1, pluggy-1.4.0
rootdir: /home/kraken
configfile: pytest.ini
testpaths: tests
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[stweil]

Suggested change

	scipy>1.10.0,<1.12.0 # remove 1.10 with py3.8 EOL
	scipy>1.10.0,<1.12.99 # remove 1.10 with py3.8 EOL

[stweil]

Optionally the latest release scipy 1.12.0 can also be allowed.

[mittagessen]

Do you need that relaxation for some specific reason? I've basically arrived at the point where all the dependencies are pinned as anything looser tends to break sooner or later. Especially libraries depending on scipy like scikit-image do not define their working versions correctly so I'd rather remain at an ensemble of releases that I know won't cause any trouble.

[stweil]

I prepared the pull request because we got a report from someone who had the issue described in #525.

But currently I see no urgent need for a relaxation: both OCR-D and eScriptorium don't require it.

So it's fine for me to wait with this pull request until it is really needed.