.github/workflows/core.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install test requirements
+    - name: Install dependencies
       run: pip install pytest -r requirements.txt
     - name: Run tests
       continue-on-error: False

.github/workflows/download.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: 3.9
     - name: Install test requirements
-      run: pip install pytest -r requirements.txt
+      run: pip install pytest
     - name: Run tests
       continue-on-error: true
       run: ./devscripts/run_tests.sh download
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install test requirements
-      run: pip install pytest -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Install pytest
+      run: pip install pytest
     - name: Run tests
       continue-on-error: true
       run: ./devscripts/run_tests.${{ matrix.run-tests-ext }} download

.github/workflows/quick-test.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install test requirements
-      run: pip install pytest -r requirements.txt
+      run: pip install pytest pycryptodomex
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         python3 -m yt_dlp -v || true

yt_dlp/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import sys
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    raise ImportError(
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata  # noqa: F401
+except Exception:
+    raise Exception(
         f'You are using an unsupported version of Python. Only Python versions 3.8 and above are supported by yt-dlp')  # noqa: F541
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import itertools
 import optparse
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import traceback
 
 from .compat import compat_shlex_quote