RPAframework installation fails in python 3.12

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I tried installing rpaframework using pip install rpaframework, it throws below error. Python version is 3.12.0.

Using cached sspilib-0.1.0-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl (567 kB)
Building wheels for collected packages: pendulum
  Building wheel for pendulum (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Building wheel for pendulum (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [27 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-72mxw6rl\pendulum_d170e2bd71374dbba0287f494b4b2df0\build.py", line 5, in <module>
          from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 335, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 251, in build_wheel
          return _build_backend().build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings,
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1_o4swzp\overlay\Lib\site-packages\poetry\core\masonry\api.py", line 58, in build_wheel
          return WheelBuilder.make_in(
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1_o4swzp\overlay\Lib\site-packages\poetry\core\masonry\builders\wheel.py", line 88, in make_in
          wb.build(target_dir=directory)
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1_o4swzp\overlay\Lib\site-packages\poetry\core\masonry\builders\wheel.py", line 123, in build
          self._build(zip_file)
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1_o4swzp\overlay\Lib\site-packages\poetry\core\masonry\builders\wheel.py", line 172, in _build
          self._run_build_script(self._package.build_script)
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1_o4swzp\overlay\Lib\site-packages\poetry\core\masonry\builders\wheel.py", line 266, in _run_build_script
          subprocess.check_call([self.executable.as_posix(), build_script])
        File "C:\Users\SESA672171\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
          raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
      subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:/Users/SESA672171/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python312/python.exe', 'build.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for pendulum
Failed to build pendulum
ERROR: Could not build wheels for pendulum, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

Appreciate any help

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Python version 3.12 is not supported yet. You get supported versions with templates when creating a new robot.

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How to know the supported version?, i did not understand it

4

When you create a new robot from VS Code you get default conda.yaml file which has currently supported python version.
Example:

# For more details on the format and content:
# https://github.com/robocorp/rcc/blob/master/docs/recipes.md#what-is-in-condayaml
# Tip: Adding a link to the release notes of the packages helps maintenance and security.

channels:
  - conda-forge

dependencies:
  - python=3.10.12                # https://pyreadiness.org/3.10
  - pip=23.2.1                    # https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news
  - robocorp-truststore=0.8.0     # https://pypi.org/project/robocorp-truststore/
  - pip:
    - rpaframework==27.5.1        # https://rpaframework.org/releasenotes.html
``
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ok, any idea when support will be added for python 3.12

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Currently no ETA. What functionality do you need from 3.12 that is not available on 3.10?
If you check Python 3.12 Readiness - Python 3.12 support table for most popular Python packages you can see that only ~30% of packages support 3.12

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Just want to know so I can switch to python 3.10 or will stay in 2.12. Thanks for sharing the info