Broken dependencies in for python 3.12

[lucas-wilkins]

The following dependencies are not python 3.12 compatible - they cannot be installed because of the changes to setups.

• html2text - its just a single file that in the worst case can just be included
• periodictable - @pkienzle is the maintainer
• tinycc - @pkienzle is the maintainer
• xhtml2pdf - unknown, maybe we need a replacement, maybe we can talk to the people that run it

[lucas-wilkins]

@pkienzle Do you have any plans in place to fix periodictable and tinycc?

[rozyczko]

• xhtml2pdf - unknown, maybe we need a replacement, maybe we can talk to the people that run it

I am able to pip install xhtml2pdf in 3.12 on windows and on linux. What issues do you see?

[lucas-wilkins]

weird, I couldn't

[lucas-wilkins]

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 995, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-570423cx\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    import distutils.core
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

distutils doesn't exist in python 3.12

[llimeht]

• html2text - v2024.2.26 (and probably earlier versions) works fine with Python 3.12; tests passing on Debian CI; its setup.cfg declares Python 3.12 compatibility
• periodictable - v1.7.1 works fine with Python 3.12; versions 1.7.0 and 1.7.1 were tagged and uploaded to pypi but not included in README.rst so not sure of their status. Tests passing on Debian CI
• tinycc - this looks like a 1 line patch to use setuptools instead of distutils in setup.py. More work deeper into the package although setuptools still carries a vendored distutils so this might be enough for the time being.
• xhtml2pdf - from v0.2.12 works with python3.12, tests passing on Debian CI - just tested here in a clean venv and 0.2.16 installed without issues using pip. (How are you actually installing it, since unpacking a wheel shouldn't need setuptools/distutils, the output above is quite confusing)

[andyfaff]

The latest version of periodictable is required for numpy 2 compatibility.

[pkienzle]

I'm almost ready for a new periodictable release but it has updated mass, abundance and cross section tables so it might break some tests.

I will update the build system for tinycc. The distribution includes an extension to add the tinycc compiler as a target for distutils. I'm going to leave it alone for now since we don't need it in sasview.

BTW, I compiled the most recent tinycc from git. It now builds .so files on mac x86 that are usable from sasmodels. Need to try it on an M1/M2 mac.

[lucas-wilkins]

Good job Paul!