🐛[BUG]: Install does not work for Python 3.12

[NickGeneva]

Version

main

On which installation method(s) does this occur?

Pip

Describe the issue

Some of the ecwf libs are being annoying with 3.12... need to probable shift to optional install or something of those to allow newer python versions

[mehranion]

It sounds like some libraries in the ECWF (ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) suite have compatibility issues with Python 3.12. This is not uncommon, as Python updates can sometimes introduce breaking changes or deprecate certain APIs, requiring library maintainers to make adjustments.

Possible Approaches:

Optional Installation:

You can modify your setup to make these ECWF libraries optional. This would mean only installing them when users specify a particular option (e.g., pip install mypackage[ecwf]), which would give users flexibility based on their Python version.
Compatibility Check for Python 3.12:

Add a Python version check in your installation requirements, marking certain ECWF dependencies as incompatible with 3.12 until the libraries are updated. This way, users on Python 3.12 won’t experience failed installs.
Alternative or Newer Dependencies:

Check if newer versions of these libraries support Python 3.12 or if there are compatible alternatives available.
Environment Isolation:

Since library updates might be in progress, you could also suggest users work with Python 3.11 for ECWF dependencies until support for Python 3.12 stabilizes.

[NickGeneva]

Blocked by Modulus now

[NickGeneva]

Fixed in PR: NVIDIA/modulus#729

Leaving open until next version of modulus is released on pipe.

For 3.12 users in the mean time first install modulus from github then install earth2studio:

pip install modulus git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/modulus.git
pip install earth2studio

[NickGeneva]

Presently blocked by torch harmonics: NVIDIA/torch-harmonics#58