[BUG] pip install fails on recent versions of Python

[wedgef5]

I tried to install SHARPpy with Python 3.12. Running pip install -e . gave the following error...

Obtaining file:///usr/local/SHARPpy
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
  Getting requirements to build editable ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Getting requirements to build editable did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [34 lines of output]
      /usr/local/SHARPpy/versioneer.py:421: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
        LONG_VERSION_PY['git'] = '''
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 132, in get_requires_for_build_editable
          return hook(config_settings)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-7zny21ym/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 448, in get_requires_for_build_editable
          return self.get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-7zny21ym/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 325, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel'])
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-7zny21ym/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 295, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-7zny21ym/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 487, in run_setup
          super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-7zny21ym/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 311, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 85, in <module>
        File "/usr/local/SHARPpy/versioneer.py", line 1480, in get_version
          return get_versions()["version"]
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/usr/local/SHARPpy/versioneer.py", line 1412, in get_versions
          cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/usr/local/SHARPpy/versioneer.py", line 342, in get_config_from_root
          parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      AttributeError: module 'configparser' has no attribute 'SafeConfigParser'. Did you mean: 'RawConfigParser'?
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build editable did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

My Googling revealed that SafeConfigParser was deprecated at Python 3.2 and removed in some later version. I couldn't easily determine in what release it was removed.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Try to run pip install -e . with Python 3.12
2. See error

Expected behavior Install should work with recent versions of Python.

Versioning Information (please complete the following information):

• Device: AWS cloud instance
• OS: Centos 7
• SHARPpy Version: git main
• Dependency Versions: N/A
• Screen dimensions N/A
• SHARPpy distribution type git

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[wxks]

I'm having a similar issue running Python 3.12. After following the "installing using package managers" steps. I was able to make an environment and activate the environment, but can't download the sharppy package.

Recreate Error:

1. Try to run mamba install -c conda-forge sharppy with Python 3.12
2. See error

[collin-volk]

I would recommend installing from source rather than a package manager. The package managers appear to be behind where the repo is at which is causing various issues (#254 for example).

[wedgef5]

I did try to install from source. More recent Python releases have removed SafeConfigParser from the configparser module.