trouble install meeko in a python 3.8.12 environment.

[clabe-wekesa]

Hello,
I am trying to use meeko as a dependency in my app but the current meeko without issues 0.6.1 cannot be installed in python 3.8.12. I noticed that you had restricted it to python < 3.8.12 in your setup.py. However, this version still works in 3.8.12. Can you maybe adjust it to work in python 3.8.12?

Thanks a lot.
Clabe

[rwxayheee]

Hi @clabe-wekesa

Thanks for considering Meeko as part of your app!

Currently in Meeko there are features that are unsupported by Python3.8. However, they are not critical to the code structure or function. Here are the three major types of Python3.9 features in Meeko:

• Dictionary Union Operators
• Py39 Type Hints
• importlib.resources.files - please see discussion under this PR: Easy creation of ResidueChemTemplates #223

Here's a branch in my fork for Python3.8 compliance: py38_release

The following link shows you a diff report of py38_release vs. release:
release...rwxayheee:Meeko:py38_release

Hope this helps, and please feel free to reach out if you might need any further assistance.

[rwxayheee]

@clabe-wekesa Thanks again for bringing this up. I added this issue to documentation: https://meeko.readthedocs.io/en/release-doc/installation.html#suport-py38

I'm closing this as resolved. But if you have any further comments or questions, please feel free to re-open and continue this conversation.