'Protobuf' version conflict

[chaoslogick]

I have installed hangups on arch via AUR (with yay) and when I try to run it I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 583, in _build_master
    ws.require(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 900, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 791, in resolve
    raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (protobuf 3.7.0 (/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages), Requirement.parse('protobuf<=3.6.1,>=3.1.0'), {'hangups'})

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hangups", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3250, in <module>
    @_call_aside
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3234, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3263, in _initialize_master_working_set
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 585, in _build_master
    return cls._build_from_requirements(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 598, in _build_from_requirements
    dists = ws.resolve(reqs, Environment())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 786, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'protobuf<=3.6.1,>=3.1.0' distribution was not found and is required by hangups

The version of protobuf I have installed is 3.7.0 and I'm uncertain if changing this will break something else that is using it. Thank you for any assistance!

[chaoslogick]

Installed via pip and it works fine. Closing.

[Terrance]

The latest release doesn't have the recent changes to allow protobuf up to 3.10, but you could switch to the hangups-git AUR package in the meantime.