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plover.dev: won't start (has no such extra feature 'gui_qt') #419420

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Nixpkgs version

  • Unstable (25.11)

Describe the bug

Plover just... won't start

Steps to reproduce

~ via  v3.11.12
❯ plover --help
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/1jzascxfclrgksjdj84bf99c2m56jzk2-python3.13-setuptools-80.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3104, in requires
    deps.extend(dm[safe_extra(ext)])
                ~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'gui_qt'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/6qj4hsggi81jlr3i6cwaqmj4536apzfi-python3.13-plover-4.0.0.dev10/bin/.plover-wrapped", line 6, in <module>
    from plover.scripts.main import main
  File "/nix/store/6qj4hsggi81jlr3i6cwaqmj4536apzfi-python3.13-plover-4.0.0.dev10/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from plover.i18n import Translator
  File "/nix/store/6qj4hsggi81jlr3i6cwaqmj4536apzfi-python3.13-plover-4.0.0.dev10/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/i18n.py", line 7, in <module>
    from plover.oslayer.config import CONFIG_DIR, PLATFORM
  File "/nix/store/6qj4hsggi81jlr3i6cwaqmj4536apzfi-python3.13-plover-4.0.0.dev10/lib/python3.13/site-packages/plover/oslayer/config.py", line 60, in <module>
    for req in plover_dist.requires(('gui_qt',)):
               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/nix/store/1jzascxfclrgksjdj84bf99c2m56jzk2-python3.13-setuptools-80.7.1/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3106, in requires
    raise UnknownExtra(f"{self} has no such extra feature {ext!r}") from e
pkg_resources.UnknownExtra: plover 4.0.0.dev10 has no such extra feature 'gui_qt'

Expected behaviour

Plover starts

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  • system: "x86_64-linux"
  • host os: Linux 6.15.3, NixOS, 25.11 (Xantusia), 25.11.20250621.4206c4c
  • multi-user?: yes
  • sandbox: yes
  • version: nix-env (Nix) 2.28.3
  • nixpkgs: /nix/store/si3k775n94ax09w3cjgc5hr2vjs84v7m-source

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