Find a new sse client package for EventStreams
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	May 27 2022, 8:54 AM

Description

Feature summary:
Find a new sse client package for Eventstreams. Possible options:

sseclient-py (most common used)
aiohttp-sse-client
Support our own sse client which has the benefit that their usage does not depend on a virtual environment installation on toolforge (where sseclient isn't preinstalled)

Reason:
Currently we use sseclient packages for EventStreams but we had to pin its version to < 0.0.23 in rPWBC3babbc5 due to T222885. This packages is not activly maintained and the patch for T222885 (issue 28) is is pending for 3 years and other improvements aren't available. sseclient-py is the most common used client currently.

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	[sse] Prefer requests_sse instead of unsupported sseclient	pywikibot/core	master	+58 -54

		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open	Release	None	T378891 Pywikibot 10 release dependencies
		Open	Feature	Xqt	T309380 Find a new sse client package for EventStreams

Change 983213 had a related patch set uploaded (by Xqt; author: Xqt):

[pywikibot/core@master] [sse] Use requests_sse instead of unsupported sseclient

client	release	date	usage	Python needed	remarks
sseclient	0.0.27	2020-09-25	8.5 M	3.4 - 3.8	current requirement
sseclient.py	1.8.0	2023-09-01	62.7 M	3.5 - 3.11
aiohttp-sse-client	0.2.1	2021-02-27	3.5 M	3.6 - 3.8	we don't use asyncio in Pywikibot
aiohttp-sse-client2	0.3.0	2023-02-07	0.2 M	3.7 - 3.11	we don't use asyncio in Pywikibot
requests-sse	0.3.2	2024-05-06	0.3 M	3.7 - 3.1	Some features of sseclient are not supported yet