The `imp` module got removed in python 3.12 and the `importlib` module should be
used instead.
This is also a good excuse to switch to the new finder module from PEP 451 :
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0451/
This only requires implement the `find_spec()` method in our custom loaders
Co-authored-by: Stefan <107316-stefan6419846@users.noreply.gitlab.freedesktop.org>
Co-authored-by: Jordan Petrids <jordan@centricular.com>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6050>
Since 547570cd79 we do not always build
PyGObject and our development environment is broken when trying to use
GStreamer python when built against system PyGObject with the following
error importing Gst in there:
```
12345678** (gst-plugin-scanner:710617): CRITICAL **: 11:45:02.343: can't find gi.repository.Gst
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gi/repository/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
from ..importer import DynamicImporter
File "/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 33, in <module>
from .overrides import load_overrides
ImportError: cannot import name 'load_overrides' from 'gi.overrides' (/var/home/thiblahute/devel/gstreamer/gstreamer/subprojects/gst-editing-services/bindings/python/gi/overrides/__init__.py)
Factory Details:
```
The approach to fixing it is to implement override `gi` in
`gst-python/gi/` which we add to `PYTHONPATH`) and in there reset the
`gi` module to the right place and we get overrides from paths from
`_GI_OVERRIDES_PATH` we set in `gst-env.py` which points to all the
overrides that will be installed.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1155>
