Drop support for Python 3.8 and replace pkg_resources with importlib.resources

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.11']
-        toxenv: [quality, docs, django32, django42]
-        exclude:
-          - python-version: '3.11'
-            toxenv: django32
+        python-version: ['3.11']
+        toxenv: [quality, docs, django42]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ Unreleased
 
 *
 
+1.0.0 - 2025-02-05
+**********************************************
+
+Changed
+=======
+
+* Remove python 3.8 and django 3.2 support
+* pkg_resources is deprecated, and its recommended replacement, importlib.resources, is only fully available in Python 3.9+.
+
 0.6.0 - 2025-01-17
 **********************************************
 

imagesgallery/__init__.py

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 Init for the ImagesGalleryXBlock package.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.6.0"
+__version__ = "1.0.0"

imagesgallery/imagesgallery.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.resources import files as importlib_files
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import translation
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import AssetKey
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from xblock.core import XBlock
 from xblock.fields import List, Scope
 from xblock.reference.user_service import XBlockUser
-from xblock.utils.resources import ResourceLoader
 
 from imagesgallery.edxapp_wrapper.contentstore import get_static_content, contentstore, update_course_run_asset
 from imagesgallery.edxapp_wrapper.site_configuration import configuration_helpers
@@ -84,8 +83,7 @@ def block_id_parsed(self):
 
     def resource_string(self, path):
         """Handy helper for getting resources from our kit."""
-        data = pkg_resources.resource_string(__name__, path)
-        return data.decode("utf8")
+        return importlib_files(__package__).joinpath(path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
     def read_file(self, path: str):
         """Helper for reading a file using a relative path"""
@@ -383,9 +381,7 @@ def _get_statici18n_js_url():
         text_js = 'public/js/translations/{locale_code}/text.js'
         lang_code = locale_code.split('-')[0]
         for code in (locale_code, lang_code, 'en'):
-            loader = ResourceLoader(__name__)
-            if pkg_resources.resource_exists(
-                    loader.module_name, text_js.format(locale_code=code)):
+            if importlib_files(__package__).joinpath(text_js.format(locale_code=code)).exists():
                 return text_js.format(locale_code=code)
         return None
 

requirements/base.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ appdirs==1.4.4
     # via fs
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via django
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
-    # via django
-boto3==1.36.0
+boto3==1.36.13
     # via fs-s3fs
-botocore==1.36.0
+botocore==1.36.13
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ django-appconf==1.0.6
     # via django-statici18n
 django-statici18n==2.6.0
     # via -r requirements/base.in
-dnspython==2.6.1
+dnspython==2.7.0
     # via pymongo
 edx-i18n-tools==1.6.3
     # via -r requirements/base.in
@@ -53,36 +51,36 @@ lxml[html-clean,html_clean]==5.3.0
     #   xblock
 lxml-html-clean==0.4.1
     # via lxml
-mako==1.3.8
+mako==1.3.9
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   xblock
     #   xblock-utils
-markupsafe==2.1.5
+markupsafe==3.0.2
     # via
     #   mako
     #   xblock
 openedx-django-pyfs==3.7.0
     # via xblock
 path==16.16.0
     # via edx-i18n-tools
-pbr==6.1.0
+pbr==6.1.1
     # via stevedore
 polib==1.2.0
     # via edx-i18n-tools
-pymongo==4.10.1
+pymongo==4.11
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via
     #   botocore
     #   xblock
-pytz==2024.2
+pytz==2025.1
     # via xblock
 pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
     #   edx-i18n-tools
     #   xblock
-s3transfer==0.11.0
+s3transfer==0.11.2
     # via boto3
 simplejson==3.19.3
     # via
@@ -95,12 +93,10 @@ six==1.17.0
     #   python-dateutil
 sqlparse==0.5.3
     # via django
-stevedore==5.3.0
+stevedore==5.4.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
-    # via
-    #   asgiref
-    #   edx-opaque-keys
+    # via edx-opaque-keys
 urllib3==1.26.20
     # via
     #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
@@ -112,7 +108,7 @@ web-fragments==2.2.0
     #   xblock-utils
 webob==1.8.9
     # via xblock
-xblock[django]==5.1.0
+xblock[django]==5.1.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   xblock-utils

requirements/ci.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
 backports-tarfile==1.2.0
     # via jaraco-context
-certifi==2024.12.14
+certifi==2025.1.31
     # via requests
 cffi==1.17.1
     # via cryptography
@@ -16,19 +16,17 @@ cryptography==44.0.0
     # via secretstorage
 distlib==0.3.9
     # via virtualenv
-docutils==0.20.1
+docutils==0.21.2
     # via readme-renderer
-filelock==3.16.1
+filelock==3.17.0
     # via
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
+id==1.5.0
+    # via twine
 idna==3.10
     # via requests
-importlib-metadata==8.5.0
-    # via
-    #   keyring
-    #   twine
-importlib-resources==6.4.5
+importlib-metadata==8.6.1
     # via keyring
 jaraco-classes==3.4.0
     # via keyring
@@ -40,13 +38,13 @@ jeepney==0.8.0
     # via
     #   keyring
     #   secretstorage
-keyring==25.5.0
+keyring==25.6.0
     # via twine
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
 mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
-more-itertools==10.5.0
+more-itertools==10.6.0
     # via
     #   jaraco-classes
     #   jaraco-functools
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ packaging==24.2
     #   pyproject-api
     #   tox
     #   twine
-pkginfo==1.12.0
-    # via twine
 platformdirs==4.3.6
     # via
     #   tox
@@ -73,10 +69,11 @@ pygments==2.19.1
     # via
     #   readme-renderer
     #   rich
-readme-renderer==43.0
+readme-renderer==44.0
     # via twine
 requests==2.32.3
     # via
+    #   id
     #   requests-toolbelt
     #   twine
 requests-toolbelt==1.0.0
@@ -89,31 +86,21 @@ secretstorage==3.3.3
     # via keyring
 six==1.17.0
     # via tox
-tomli==2.2.1
-    # via
-    #   pyproject-api
-    #   tox
 tox==3.28.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/ci.in
     #   tox-battery
 tox-battery==0.6.2
     # via -r requirements/ci.in
-twine==6.0.1
+twine==6.1.0
     # via -r requirements/ci.in
-typing-extensions==4.12.2
-    # via
-    #   rich
-    #   tox
 urllib3==1.26.20
     # via
     #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   requests
     #   twine
-virtualenv==20.29.0
+virtualenv==20.29.1
     # via tox
-zipp==3.20.2
-    # via
-    #   importlib-metadata
-    #   importlib-resources
+zipp==3.21.0
+    # via importlib-metadata