Cannot `npm install` if system Python version is newer than 3.10

[audiodude]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Clone a fresh copy of mwoffliner
2. npm install

Expected result:

The dependencies of the library build and install

Actual result:

Building @openzim/libzim fails with the following stack trace:

npm ERR! gyp verb gyp gyp format was not specified; forcing "make"
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /home/tmoney/.asdf/installs/python/3.12.0/bin/python3
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'make',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/@openzim/libzim/build/config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/home/tmoney/.cache/node-gyp/18.18.0/include/node/common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/tmoney/.cache/node-gyp/18.18.0',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/tmoney/.cache/node-gyp/18.18.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/@openzim/libzim',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! Traceback (most recent call last):
npm ERR!   File "/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 50, in <module>
npm ERR!     sys.exit(gyp.script_main())
npm ERR!              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
npm ERR!   File "/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 554, in script_main
npm ERR!     return main(sys.argv[1:])
npm ERR!            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
npm ERR!   File "/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 547, in main
npm ERR!     return gyp_main(args)
npm ERR!            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
npm ERR!   File "/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 520, in gyp_main
npm ERR!     [generator, flat_list, targets, data] = Load(
npm ERR!                                             ^^^^^
npm ERR!   File "/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 136, in Load
npm ERR!     result = gyp.input.Load(build_files, default_variables, includes[:],
npm ERR!              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
npm ERR!   File "/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 2782, in Load
npm ERR!     LoadTargetBuildFile(build_file, data, aux_data,
npm ERR!   File "/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 391, in LoadTargetBuildFile
npm ERR!     build_file_data = LoadOneBuildFile(build_file_path, data, aux_data,
npm ERR!                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
npm ERR!   File "/home/tmoney/code/mwoffliner/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 234, in LoadOneBuildFile
npm ERR!     build_file_contents = open(build_file_path, 'rU').read()
npm ERR!                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
npm ERR! ValueError: invalid mode: 'rU' while trying to load binding.gyp
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error 

Looks like it's this issue:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74715990/node-gyp-err-invalid-mode-ru-while-trying-to-load-binding-gyp

Workaround is to use a local Python version of 3.10

[kelson42]

I suspect because we rely on older version of gyp. We should just move to latest version of node-js and this will solve this issue as well IMHO.

Blocked by #1576