Too high PyYAML and psutil version requirements for RHEL/CentOS 8 base OS
Created by: rathann
Information
- Solaar version (
solaar --versionandgit describe --tags): 1.1.1 - Distribution: RHEL 8.5
- Kernel version (ex.
uname -srmo):Linux 4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux - Output of
solaar showfor the target device (if applicable): N/A
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
setup.py lists requirements for PyYAML >= 5.1 and psutil >= 5.6.0. Unfortunately, RHEL8 and derivatives carry PyYAML 3.12 and psutil 5.4.3 built for the default python 3.6 in the base OS repository. Consequently, solaar is not installable without installing python38 or python39 stack (called module in RHEL/Fedora) that carry newer versions of these two. I've had a request from RHEL8 user to provide a package for RHEL8 in Fedora EPEL, hence this issue.
Describe the solution you'd like If there's no specific reason for the higher versions, I'd like the requirements to be lowered to the versions listed above. I will provide a patch if agreed. I made a build for RHEL8 with these dependencies patched to lower versions and a user tested it and confirmed it seems to be working fine for him.
Describe alternatives you've considered Regular packages in Fedora/EPEL may not depend on modular packages, only base OS. I considered maintaining solaar as a modular package, but this seems very complicated and I don't really have time for this. On the other hand, building it as a regular package adds minimal overhead to my Fedora package maintenance.