importlib_resources for Python<3.9

Author: reynoldsnlp

setup.cfg

@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ classifiers =
     Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
     Topic :: Education
     Topic :: Education :: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
     Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
@@ -39,13 +42,14 @@ install_requires =
     bs4
     fastapi
     # hfst  # python3.8 + install using `apt-get install python3-hfst`
+    importlib_resources
     nltk
     pandas
     pexpect
     sphinx_autodoc_typehints
     stanza>=1.1.1
     uvicorn
-python_requires = >2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*
+python_requires = >2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*, !=3.6.*, !=3.7.*
 include_package_data = True
 package_dir =
     =src

src/udar/misc.py

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 from collections import namedtuple
 from enum import Enum
-from importlib.resources import files
+try:
+    from importlib.resources import files
+except ImportError:
+    from importlib_resources import files  # < Python 3.9
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import re