Fix 2609 - Import packaging by default (#2610)

* Fix 2609 - Import packaging by default

* pin gradio to high version in test

* test

Author: Wauplin

setup.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def get_version() -> str:
         "urllib3<2.0",  # VCR.py broken with urllib3 2.0 (see https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/stable/v2-migration-guide.html)
         "soundfile",
         "Pillow",
-        "gradio",  # to test webhooks
+        "gradio>=4.0.0",  # to test webhooks # pin to avoid issue on Python3.12
         "numpy",  # for embeddings
         "fastapi",  # To build the documentation
     ]

src/huggingface_hub/hub_mixin.py

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     Union,
 )
 
+import packaging.version
+
 from . import constants
 from .errors import EntryNotFoundError, HfHubHTTPError
 from .file_download import hf_hub_download
@@ -41,7 +43,6 @@
     import torch  # type: ignore
 
 if is_safetensors_available():
-    import packaging.version
     import safetensors
     from safetensors.torch import load_model as load_model_as_safetensor
     from safetensors.torch import save_model as save_model_as_safetensor