Installation fails on Python 3.12 (`scipy==1.8.1` incompatible)

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🐛 Installation fails on Python 3.12 (scipy==1.8.1 incompatible)

Summary
When installing CVLface from requirements.txt in a clean Python 3.12 virtual environment, the installation fails because scipy==1.8.1 has no wheels for Python 3.12 and is not compatible.

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🔧 Environment

• OS: Linux
• Python: 3.12.3
• Install method: pip install -r requirements.txt
• Virtualenv: created with python3 -m venv venv

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🧩 Steps to reproduce

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

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❌ Actual behavior

Installation stops during dependency resolution:

ERROR: Ignored the following versions that require a different python version: ...
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement scipy==1.8.1
ERROR: No matching distribution found for scipy==1.8.1

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✅ Expected behavior

All dependencies should install successfully in a clean virtual environment.

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📋 Analysis

• The requirements.txt file (or one of its dependencies) pins scipy==1.8.1.
• SciPy 1.8.x only provides wheels for Python ≤3.10 and is incompatible with Python 3.12.
• Pip’s resolver confirms many versions are skipped because they require <3.12.

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💡 Suggestions

1. Update the SciPy dependency to a version compatible with Python 3.12:

   scipy>=1.16.3
   

2. Review dependent packages (e.g. albumentations, imgaug) for compatibility with recent SciPy.

3. Add python_requires in pyproject.toml or setup.cfg to clearly state the supported Python versions (if Python 3.12 isn’t yet supported).

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🧭 Workaround for users

Until this is fixed, use Python 3.10 or 3.11:

I change the `requirements.txt´ file with the following line

scipy==1.16.3

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Thanks!