Tox fails for Python 3.11

[Sammeeey]

After installing pytesseract from source & running tox, I get the following response:

Exception in thread Thread-3 (_readerthread):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\threading.py", line 1038, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\threading.py", line 975, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1552, in _readerthread
    buffer.append(fh.read())
                  ^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen codecs>", line 322, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 38: invalid start byte
Exception in thread Thread-5 (_readerthread):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\threading.py", line 1038, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\threading.py", line 975, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1552, in _readerthread
    buffer.append(fh.read())
                  ^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen codecs>", line 322, in decode
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 38: invalid start byte
py37: skipped because could not find python interpreter with spec(s): py37
py37: SKIP ⚠ in 0.38 seconds
py38: skipped because could not find python interpreter with spec(s): py38
py38: SKIP ⚠ in 0.02 seconds
py39: skipped because could not find python interpreter with spec(s): py39
py39: SKIP ⚠ in 0.03 seconds
py310: skipped because could not find python interpreter with spec(s): py310
  py37: SKIP (0.38 seconds)
  py38: SKIP (0.02 seconds)
  py39: SKIP (0.03 seconds)
  py310: SKIP (0.05 seconds)
  evaluation failed :( (0.61 seconds)

Since the documentation doesn't determine which Python versions are supported, ChatGPT told me to try contacting the package maintainers to ask about compatibility with Python 3.11..😄

I guess the tox tests are simply outdated, right?

[stefan6419846]

This rather looks like an issue with Windows, as the tests run fine with Python 3.11.2 on Ubuntu 20.04:

2023-04-12T09:41:41.5895252Z py311: install_deps> python -I -m pip install -r /home/runner/work/pytesseract/pytesseract/requirements-dev.txt
2023-04-12T09:41:45.3103022Z .pkg: install_requires> python -I -m pip install 'setuptools>=40.0.4' 'wheel>=0.29.0'
2023-04-12T09:41:46.6842123Z .pkg: _optional_hooks> python /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.11.2/x64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyproject_api/_backend.py True setuptools.build_meta __legacy__
2023-04-12T09:41:46.9688136Z .pkg: get_requires_for_build_sdist> python /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.11.2/x64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyproject_api/_backend.py True setuptools.build_meta __legacy__
2023-04-12T09:41:47.0368300Z .pkg: freeze> python -m pip freeze --all
2023-04-12T09:41:47.3882740Z .pkg: pip==23.0.1,setuptools==67.4.0,wheel==0.38.4
2023-04-12T09:41:47.3886823Z .pkg: prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel> python /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.11.2/x64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyproject_api/_backend.py True setuptools.build_meta __legacy__
2023-04-12T09:41:47.5613476Z .pkg: build_sdist> python /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.11.2/x64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyproject_api/_backend.py True setuptools.build_meta __legacy__
2023-04-12T09:41:47.5987548Z py311: install_package_deps> python -I -m pip install 'Pillow>=8.0.0' 'packaging>=21.3'
2023-04-12T09:41:49.0169601Z py311: install_package> python -I -m pip install --force-reinstall --no-deps /home/runner/work/pytesseract/pytesseract/.tox/.tmp/package/1/pytesseract-0.3.10.tar.gz
2023-04-12T09:41:51.8611623Z py311: freeze> python -m pip freeze --all
2023-04-12T09:41:52.2341681Z py311: cfgv==3.3.1,distlib==0.3.6,filelock==3.11.0,identify==2.5.22,iniconfig==2.0.0,nodeenv==1.7.0,packaging==23.0,Pillow==9.5.0,pip==23.0.1,platformdirs==3.2.0,pluggy==1.0.0,pre-commit==3.2.2,pytesseract @ file:https:///home/runner/work/pytesseract/pytesseract/.tox/.tmp/package/1/pytesseract-0.3.10.tar.gz,pytest==7.3.0,PyYAML==6.0,setuptools==67.4.0,virtualenv==20.21.0,wheel==0.38.4
2023-04-12T09:41:52.2344757Z py311: commands[0]> python -bb -m pytest
2023-04-12T09:41:52.6875730Z ============================= test session starts ==============================
2023-04-12T09:41:52.6876556Z platform linux -- Python 3.11.2, pytest-7.3.0, pluggy-1.0.0 -- /home/runner/work/pytesseract/pytesseract/.tox/py311/bin/python
2023-04-12T09:41:52.6877376Z cachedir: .tox/py311/.pytest_cache
2023-04-12T09:41:52.6877725Z rootdir: /home/runner/work/pytesseract/pytesseract
2023-04-12T09:41:52.6877991Z configfile: tox.ini
2023-04-12T09:41:52.8918395Z collecting ... collected 48 items
2023-04-12T09:41:52.8918895Z 
2023-04-12T09:41:53.6798957Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_image_type[jpg] PASSED [  2%]
2023-04-12T09:41:54.6098635Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_image_type[jpeg2000] PASSED [  4%]
2023-04-12T09:41:55.4465745Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_image_type[pgm] PASSED [  6%]
2023-04-12T09:41:56.3371125Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_image_type[png] PASSED [  8%]
2023-04-12T09:41:57.2047071Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_image_type[ppm] PASSED [ 10%]
2023-04-12T09:41:58.0069221Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_image_type[tiff] PASSED [ 12%]
2023-04-12T09:41:58.8391162Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_image_type[gif] PASSED [ 14%]
2023-04-12T09:41:59.6171692Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_image_type[webp] PASSED [ 16%]
2023-04-12T09:42:00.4511336Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_args_type[path_str] PASSED [ 18%]
2023-04-12T09:42:01.1862903Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_args_type[image_object] PASSED [ 20%]
2023-04-12T09:42:01.1863910Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_with_numpy_array SKIPPED [ 22%]
2023-04-12T09:42:02.5110363Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_european PASSED          [ 25%]
2023-04-12T09:42:04.4069687Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_batch PASSED             [ 27%]
2023-04-12T09:42:07.7602136Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_multiprocessing PASSED   [ 29%]
2023-04-12T09:42:07.7643766Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_string_timeout PASSED           [ 31%]
2023-04-12T09:42:07.9127822Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_la_image_to_string PASSED                [ 33%]
2023-04-12T09:42:08.7113263Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_boxes PASSED                    [ 35%]
2023-04-12T09:42:09.2607117Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_osd PASSED                      [ 37%]
2023-04-12T09:42:10.0597739Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_pdf_or_hocr[pdf] PASSED         [ 39%]
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2023-04-12T09:42:11.7610385Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_alto_xml PASSED                 [ 43%]
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2023-04-12T09:42:11.8832208Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_data_common_output[bytes] PASSED [ 52%]
2023-04-12T09:42:11.9966318Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_data_common_output[dict] PASSED [ 54%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1147858Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_image_to_data_common_output[string] PASSED [ 56%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1148421Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_wrong_prepare_type[int] PASSED           [ 58%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1154904Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_wrong_prepare_type[float] PASSED         [ 60%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1166104Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_wrong_prepare_type[none] PASSED          [ 62%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1202089Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_wrong_tesseract_cmd[executable_name] PASSED [ 64%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1227636Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_wrong_tesseract_cmd[absolute_path] PASSED [ 66%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1280334Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_main_not_found_cases PASSED              [ 68%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1299485Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_proper_oserror_exception_handling[permission_error_path] PASSED [ 70%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.1321366Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_proper_oserror_exception_handling[invalid_path] PASSED [ 72%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.2271803Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_languages[default_empty_config] PASSED [ 75%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.4729707Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_languages[custom_tessdata_dir] PASSED [ 77%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.4811053Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_languages[incorrect_tessdata_dir] PASSED [ 79%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.4890003Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_languages[invalid_tessdata_dir] PASSED [ 81%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.5864846Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_languages[invalid_config] PASSED     [ 83%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.5875874Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_file_to_dict[input_args0-expected0] PASSED [ 85%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.5887492Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_file_to_dict[input_args1-expected1] PASSED [ 87%]
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2023-04-12T09:42:12.5923213Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_tesseract_version[3.5.0-3.5.0] PASSED [ 91%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.5941267Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_tesseract_version[4.1-a8s6f8d3f-4.1] PASSED [ 93%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.5958711Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_tesseract_version[v4.0.0-beta1.9-4.0.0] PASSED [ 95%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.5974441Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_tesseract_version_invalid[-Invalid tesseract version: ""] PASSED [ 97%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.6003130Z tests/pytesseract_test.py::test_get_tesseract_version_invalid[invalid-Invalid tesseract version: "invalid"] PASSED [100%]
2023-04-12T09:42:12.6003458Z 
2023-04-12T09:42:12.6003760Z ======================== 44 passed, 4 skipped in 19.91s ========================
2023-04-12T09:42:12.6467443Z .pkg: _exit> python /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.11.2/x64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyproject_api/_backend.py True setuptools.build_meta __legacy__
2023-04-12T09:42:12.6864687Z   py311: OK (31.33=setup[10.93]+cmd[20.41] seconds)
2023-04-12T09:42:12.6864984Z   congratulations :) (31.51 seconds)