Disable import of pkg_resources for Python 3.3+

[fireph]

I created a new pull request because of issues with my first fork.

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__import__("pkg_resources").declare_namespace(__name__)

is deprecated in Python 3.3+ and causes issues with pyinstaller (mainly having to import the entire pkg_resources package, which is quite large). So checking the version number and not doing the import for these versions is likely the best solution to keep Python 2.x compatibility.

I have tested this in Python 3.6.5 and everything works as expected with this patch.

[wiggin15]

Why not use sys.version here? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1093322/

My main concern here is that this doesn't look very good ;)

[fireph]

updated to use sys.version_info, which is quite a bit more readable :)

[wiggin15]

Since Python <=3.3 isn't supported any more, I suggest removing the "declare_namespace" code altogether, then we can merge this ;)

[C0rn3j]

@wiggin15 do you have perms in this repo? I see it's been inactive for 5 years with lots of hanging PRs.

[wiggin15]

Hi @C0rn3j . I'm afraid I don't have access any more as I no longer work for the company that manages this repo (Infinidat).
Unless someone from that company takes this up, consider this repo deprecated.

[C0rn3j]

Oh well.

https://github.com/C0rn3j/lynxtray

https://pypi.org/project/lynxtray/

There's also https://github.com/moses-palmer/pystray which is cross-platform, but similarly dead, and it was faster for me to port the one we were using.

[SuperZombi]

Why haven't you merged the changes and updated the package on Pypi yet? It's 2025 and I'm still having this problem. Python 3.3 is no longer relevant. Just remove this line

__import__("pkg_resources").declare_namespace(__name__)

[wiggin15]

Hi. I used my priviledges on PyPI to upload a hotfix removing these 2 lines. I don't have a Windows machine to try it on, so please help me verify the fix.
I will not be maintaining this project further, as it is still under the ownership of Infinidat.

[SuperZombi]

import("pkg_resources").declare_namespace(name)

I remove this line in __init__.py and its works fine on my Windows 11 with Python 3.11.6. And also works with pyinstaller