Gpodder doesn't start anymore on Ubuntu 24.04 problem with Python 3.12 - ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imp'

[Xavier Guillot]

Hi, since a few days I can't launch Gpodder (podcast program - https://gpodder.github.io/) anymore, it's because Ubuntu 24.04 now uses Python 3.12, and gpodder 3.11.4 does not support it.

It's needed to have the package maintainer please apply https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder/commit/dd9b594d24a541c0f1d3b096e47b6d7f1c11ca7e and https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder/commit/510de4b3a0b0444231f87bc6cb60527817847865 to make it work

"[gpodder.log] ERROR: Uncaught exception: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gpodder", line 181, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/gpodder", line 173, in main
    from gpodder.gtkui import app
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/gtkui/app.py", line 31, in <module>
    from gpodder import core, util
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/core.py", line 25, in <module>
    from gpodder import config, dbsqlite, extensions, model, util
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/extensions.py", line 34, in <module>
    import imp
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imp'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gpodder", line 181, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/gpodder", line 173, in main
    from gpodder.gtkui import app
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/gtkui/app.py", line 31, in <module>
    from gpodder import core, util
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/core.py", line 25, in <module>
    from gpodder import config, dbsqlite, extensions, model, util
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/extensions.py", line 34, in <module>
    import imp
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imp'"

Upstream bug :
https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder/issues/1614

Thanks !

[Xavier Guillot (valeryan-24)]

I don't know why the bug is assigned to project "loupe", as I well wrote "gpodder" for the package affected !

[Xavier Guillot (valeryan-24)]

Gpodder doesn't start anymore on Ubuntu 24.04 due to Python 3.12 :

File "/usr/bin/gpodder", lines 172 to 181 :

    if gpodder.ui.gtk:
        from gpodder.gtkui import app
        gpodder.ui_folders.insert(0, os.path.join(ui_folder, 'gtk'))
        app.main(options)
    else:
        logger.error('No GUI selected.')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/gtkui/app.py", lines 30 and 31 :

import gpodder
from gpodder import core, util

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/core.py", lines 24 and 25 :

import gpodder
from gpodder import config, dbsqlite, extensions, model, util

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gpodder/extensions.py", line 34 :

import imp

https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder/issues/1614

[Tony Mancill (tmancill)]

A patched version 3.11.3-2 tested against Python 3.12 (in Debian unstable) has been uploaded to Debian: https://tracker.debian.org/news/1512534/accepted-gpodder-3113-2-source-into-unstable/