The imp module is removed with Python 3.12

[dvzrv]

Hi! 👋

I'm currently going through projects that are still using the imp module for our upcoming Python 3.12 rebuild on Arch Linux.

This project still relies on the imp module:

paver/bootstrap.py

Lines 1040 to 1069 in e71a735

	def copy_required_modules(dst_prefix, symlink):
	import imp
	for modname in REQUIRED_MODULES:
	if modname in sys.builtin_module_names:
	logger.info("Ignoring built-in bootstrap module: %s" % modname)
	continue
	try:
	f, filename, _ = imp.find_module(modname)
	except ImportError:
	logger.info("Cannot import bootstrap module: %s" % modname)
	else:
	if f is not None:
	f.close()
	# special-case custom readline.so on OS X, but not for pypy:
	if modname == 'readline' and sys.platform == 'darwin' and not (
	is_pypy or filename.endswith(join('lib-dynload', 'readline.so'))):
	dst_filename = join(dst_prefix, 'lib', 'python%s' % sys.version[:3], 'readline.so')
	elif modname == 'readline' and sys.platform == 'win32':
	# special-case for Windows, where readline is not a
	# standard module, though it may have been installed in
	# site-packages by a third-party package
	pass
	else:
	dst_filename = change_prefix(filename, dst_prefix)
	copyfile(filename, dst_filename, symlink)
	if filename.endswith('.pyc'):
	pyfile = filename[:-1]
	if os.path.exists(pyfile):
	copyfile(pyfile, dst_filename[:-1], symlink)

The imp module is removed with Python 3.12 and this project needs to be migrated to use importlib instead:
https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.12.html#imp