Allow tensorflow-model-analysis < 0.45 as a dependency

[hanneshapke]

Expected Behavior

The MCT dependency of TFMA < 0.42 is limiting the TFX Addons update of TFX dependency.

Details around the TFMA releases: https://github.com/tensorflow/model-analysis/releases
Changes with biggest impact on MCT:

• 0.44 drops Py3.7 support, requires TF >= 2.12, tfx-bsl>=1.13.0,<1.14.0
• 0.43 depends on tensorflow>=2.11,<3, tfx-bsl>=1.2.0,<1.13.0

Questions:
Which TF version should we support?
Should we make the TFMA dependency conditional to the underlying TF version?

[codesue]

Some additional questions from my end:

• Does block upgrades for all tfxa components or just the model card generator?
• Are there any workarounds?
• What's the requested timeline for this change?

[hanneshapke]

The way we test/build TFX Addons, it blocks all projects. TFXA installs tfx, the mct generator installs the model-card-toolkit which has it's own tfma dependency.

A workaround on the mct side would the conditional installation (depending on the tf version).

Timeline?
I think it is blocking the tfx upgrade for tfx-addons -> tensorflow/tfx-addons#248

[codesue]

Got it! I don't have the capacity to take this on anytime soon, but I'm happy to review any pull requests.