eyeD3 complains about newer coverage version

[meator]

Every time I try to use eyeD3 on my computer, I get greeted by the following error:

eyeD3 --about

eyed3.plugins:ERROR: Bad plugin ('lastfm.py', '/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/eyed3/plugins')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 600, in _build_master
    ws.require(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 937, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 798, in resolve
    dist = self._resolve_dist(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 844, in _resolve_dist
    raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (coverage 7.4.4 (/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages), Requirement.parse('coverage[toml]==5.*,>=5.3.1'), {'eyeD3'})

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/eyed3/plugins/__init__.py", line 56, in load
    mod = __import__(mod_name, globals=globals(), locals=locals())
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/eyed3/plugins/lastfm.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pylast import SIZE_EXTRA_LARGE, SIZE_LARGE, SIZE_MEDIUM, SIZE_MEGA, SIZE_SMALL
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pylast/__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3291, in <module>
    @_call_aside
     ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3266, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3304, in _initialize_master_working_set
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 602, in _build_master
    return cls._build_from_requirements(__requires__)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 615, in _build_from_requirements
    dists = ws.resolve(reqs, Environment())
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 798, in resolve
    dist = self._resolve_dist(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 839, in _resolve_dist
    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'coverage[toml]==5.*,>=5.3.1' distribution was not found and is required by eyeD3
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My distro (Void Linux) packages python3-coverage version 7.4.4, which eyeD3 doesn't like.

Here is the Void Linux issue: https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/45579

A new release of eyeD3 should solve this problem. The last release was made three years ago. Are there any plans to make a new one?

[meator]

It looks like a tag for v0.9.7 was made, but a GitHub release wasn't. Related to https://github.com/nicfit/eyeD3/issues/605 I will probably switch to the tagged release to fix this problem.