Installation failing on Python 3.12 due to removal of imp package #1673
Description
conda create -n retriever-test python=3
conda activate retriever-test
pip install retriever
retriever lsTraceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ethan/miniconda3/envs/retriever-test/bin/retriever", line 5, in <module>
from retriever.__main__ import main
File "/home/ethan/miniconda3/envs/retriever-test/lib/python3.12/site-packages/retriever/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
from retriever.lib.engine_tools import set_proxy, create_home_dir
File "/home/ethan/miniconda3/envs/retriever-test/lib/python3.12/site-packages/retriever/lib/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from .datasets import datasets
File "/home/ethan/miniconda3/envs/retriever-test/lib/python3.12/site-packages/retriever/lib/datasets.py", line 1, in <module>
from retriever.lib.scripts import SCRIPT_LIST, get_script, get_dataset_names_upstream
File "/home/ethan/miniconda3/envs/retriever-test/lib/python3.12/site-packages/retriever/lib/scripts.py", line 2, in <module>
import imp
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imp'
Here's the general solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/52794560
Note that this package has been deprecated since at least 2018, so we should probably develop a process for paying closer attention to deprecation warnings and solving them before they eventually break things.