LiveTiming in Python 3.10

[foxyskippy]

Is there a plan to fix the issues with LiveTiming in Python 3.10?

[theOehrly]

No, I don't plan to fix it, to be honest.
It will be fixed.

The problem here is not really FastF1 but signalr-client-aio which FastF1 depends on for connecting to the data live stream.
That module is incompatible wity Python 3.10 and seemingly not maintained anymore. I don't know of any alternatives.
Therefore, one option is for me to fork, update and maintain that module myself. That'd require me to really dig into the SignalR spec to understand the protocol so that I even have an idea what I'm doing.
An alternative might be to switch over to some kind of client written in c/c++ and write a wrapper to access it from Python.

Both of these options are quite time consuming. They're really not worth the effort when we still have Python 3.8/3.9 working just fine.

Scratch this, it's not that complicated. The solution is discussed below and will likely be implemented soon.

[theOehrly]

@oscr well, the "publish" part is not really the problem. The "maintain" part is. Questions is, how much maintenance is necessary. But it doesn't really make too much sense to publish it if I don't plan on maintaining it. Also, there doesn't seem to be much interest in SignalR. So it's likely mostly wasted effort to publish it.
The code is licensed under MIT as well, so that's fine. I guess you are right, and the best way to go forward is to just pull the code into FastF1.

[oscr]

@theOehrly Excellent. I think this will be great for beginners given Python 3.10 is the default version now being installed. I will make a draft these next few weeks.

[theOehrly]

@theOehrly Excellent. I think this will be great for beginners given Python 3.10 is the default version now being installed. I will make a draft these next few weeks.

Awesome, looking forward to that 👍

[borolepratik]

@oscr checking in to see if there are any updates.

[oscr]

@borolepratik The work is completed and in master: #254 It is part of the upcoming 3.0.0 release: https://github.com/theOehrly/Fast-F1/milestone/2?closed=1

[foxyskippy]

I just upgrade the FastF1 package to v2.3.0 but it didn't work. Can I try something else?

[oscr]

@foxyskippy A possible fix is being discussed but there is nothing merged yet. Depending on your experience level there are ways of running different Python versions. But maybe pyenv would work for you https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv ? There are of course other ways such as Docker or asdf.