Python PEP 668 issue

[mbnoimi]

Hi,
As you already know. Python 3.12 uses PEP 668 so updating yt-dlp using traditional way no longer available:

Starting update operation, installing/updating yt-dlp
pip3 install --upgrade --user yt-dlp
error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
    python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
    install.

    If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
    create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
    Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
    sure you have python3-full installed.

    If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
    it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
    virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.

    See /usr/share/doc/python3.12/README.venv for more information.

note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.
Child process exited with non-zero code: 1
Update operation finished

So I use pipx instead

This doesn't work fine too because it uses invalid arguments:

Starting update operation, installing/updating yt-dlp
pipx install --upgrade --user yt-dlp
usage: pipx [-h] [--quiet] [--verbose] [--version]
            {install,uninject,inject,upgrade,upgrade-all,uninstall,uninstall-all,reinstall,reinstall-all,list,run,runpip,ensurepath,environment,completions}
            ...
pipx: error: unrecognized arguments: --upgrade --user
Child process exited with non-zero code: 2
Update operation finished

So I suggest to make pipx is the recommoended option instead of pip3 and fix pipx arguments by:

pipx upgrade yt-dlp

[axcore]

For the most recent Tartube release, pipx was broken on MSYS2, so it was not available for Windows users. I am waiting for the fix, so that I can make pipx the default for everyone.

Linux users can select pipx right now, in Edit > System preferences > Downloads > File paths > Command for update operations