Restrict the Pillow version to >=9.5.0,<11 (#8505)

* Restrict the Pillow version to pillow>=9.5.0,<11

* Use --prefer-binary (will document it)

* Use --only-binary Pillow

* Document --only-binary for Windows 32 bit

.ci/windows_ci.ps1

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function Install-kivy-test-run-pip-deps {
 }
 
 function Install-kivy {
-    python -m pip install -e .[dev,full]
+    python -m pip install --only-binary Pillow -e .[dev,full]
 }
 
 function Install-kivy-wheel {

doc/sources/gettingstarted/installation.rst

@@ -122,6 +122,20 @@ This also installs the minimum dependencies of Kivy. To additionally install Kiv
 **audio/video** support, install either ``kivy[base,media]`` or ``kivy[full]``.
 See :ref:`Kivy's dependencies<kivy-dependencies>` for the list of selectors.
 
+.. note::
+
+    The ``Pillow`` library is a dependency of both ``kivy[base]`` and ``kivy[full]``.
+
+    For Windows 32-bit users, please note that the latest releases of `Pillow` are 
+    not available as binary distributions on PyPI. However, Kivy also supports ``Pillow==9.5.0``, 
+    which have a binary distribution for all supported Python versions, even on Windows 32-bit.
+
+    If you are on Windows 32-bit and prefer not to build Pillow from source, 
+    you can use the ``--only-binary Pillow`` flag with the following command to instruct pip 
+    to install the binary distribution of Pillow, albeit not the latest version::
+
+        python -m pip install --only-binary Pillow "kivy[base]"
+
 .. note::
 
     When using Raspberry Pi OS Lite or similar Linux-based headless systems, it may be necessary to install additional 

setup.cfg

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dev =
     pre-commit
     responses
 base =
-    pillow==9.5.0
+    pillow>=9.5.0,<11
     requests
     docutils
     pygments
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ media =
     kivy_deps.gstreamer~=0.3.3; sys_platform == "win32"
     ffpyplayer; sys_platform == "linux" or sys_platform == "darwin"
 full =
-    pillow==9.5.0
+    pillow>=9.5.0,<11
     docutils
     pygments
     kivy_deps.gstreamer~=0.3.3; sys_platform == "win32"