sktime/skpro: v2.12.0

Feature, maintenance, and bugfix release. Please see our changelog for a description of all changes. New Contributors @marrov made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/700 @Ashish-Kumar-Dash made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/720 @amaydixit11 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/718 @kabirvashisht4-glitch made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/752 @sabasiddique1 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/734 @ashnaaseth2325-oss made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/746 @WHOIM1205 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/781 @patelchaitany made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/754 @kindler-king made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/750 @MayankSharma-2812 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/813 @Ahmed-Zahran02 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/823 @codeit-ronit made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/769 @an1k3sh made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/728 @Abhishek242004 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/739 @KaranSinghDev made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/778 @Sanchit2662 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/807 @MBKKHAN made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/844 @direkkakkar319-ops made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/820 @sakun15 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/799 @Mushfiqur719 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/877 @krsatyamthakur-droid made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/882 @OmAmbole009 made their first contribution in https://github.com/sktime/skpro/pull/876 All Contributors @Abhishek242004, @Ahmed-Zahran02, @amaydixit11, @an1k3sh, @arnavk23, @Ashish-Kumar-Dash, @ashnaaseth2325-oss, @codeit-ronit, @dependabot[bot], @direkkakkar319-ops, @fkiraly, @joshdunnlime, @kabirvashisht4-glitch, @KaranSinghDev, @Khushmagrawal, @kindler-king, @krsatyamthakur-droid, @marrov, @MayankSharma-2812, @MBKKHAN, @Mushfiqur719, @OmAmbole009, @patelchaitany, @sabasiddique1, @sakun15, @Sanchit2662, @WHOIM1205 Full Changelog: https://github.com/sktime/skpro/compare/v2.11.0...v2.12.0