Pin the version of path since 17.0 removed deprecated methods

[addyess]

With path==17.0.0, some methods have been deprecated which were in use by this project

Since path.py was just a direct install of path with no restrictions, lets just remove path.py and pin path

https://github.com/jaraco/path/commit/7e23a1d7a5fc6412926e6e72be00e5479e86fec4

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[addyess]

Resolves issue #674