pkg_resources Module not foun, py3.12

[EBGlom]

Describe the bug
qats application fails to start as pgk_resources module is not found
NB: this is on an old repo with potentially some historical files here and there, but the poetry env is brand new (py 3.12.4)

To Reproduce
write qats app in terminal (see screenshot)

Expected behavior
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• OS: W 10

Additional context
Will seek some work-arounds and report back

[tovop]

Hi! No time today but I'll have a look at it soon. Keep me posted.

[tovop]

I believe there is generally a problem with pkg_resources on 3.12. I think @eneelo has encountered this some time ago.

[eneelo]

As I recall, we removed dependencies to pkg_resources related to getting version info, but two other imports/usages remain:

This issue seems to be addressed in mu-editor/mu#2485, and documentation on how to migrate to importlib_resources is provided in https://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migration.html#pkg-resources-resource-filename. Looks like an easy fix, unless there is some twist I don't see immediately.

[EBGlom]

Seeming functioning work-around in py 3.12:

cli.py:

gui.py:

and

QIcon is not fond of pathlib type arguments

[eneelo]

That's good! I didn't see your last post before establishing a new branch and PR to test this solution. See #132

[EBGlom]

Didn't expect this speedy turn-around here :)

I had to use importlib.resources (py 3.12 only).

I pushed a minor update which catches the ImportError

[tovop]

Lovely! Quickly solved @eneelo and @EBGlom