Deprecation of 'past' module

[vermeulendivan]

The 'past' module is causing issues as its being deprecated. Have a look at the CMP function.

Here is the error from the Python console:
`Couldn't load plugin 'geosys-plugin' due to an error when calling its classFactory() method

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'past'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/f525xval2icfd1wrchnlpknqnxfxapk2-qgis-ltr-unwrapped-3.28.7/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 423, in _startPlugin
plugins[packageName] = package.classFactory(iface)
File "/home/timlinux/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/Open GIS Stack/python/plugins/geosys-plugin/init.py", line 41, in classFactory
from .geosys.plugin import GeosysPlugin
File "/nix/store/f525xval2icfd1wrchnlpknqnxfxapk2-qgis-ltr-unwrapped-3.28.7/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 888, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/timlinux/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/Open GIS Stack/python/plugins/geosys-plugin/geosys/plugin.py", line 39, in
from geosys.processing.geosys_processing_provider import (
File "/nix/store/f525xval2icfd1wrchnlpknqnxfxapk2-qgis-ltr-unwrapped-3.28.7/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 888, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/timlinux/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/Open GIS Stack/python/plugins/geosys-plugin/geosys/processing/geosys_processing_provider.py", line 26, in
from geosys.processing.geosys_processing_algorithm import MapCoverageDownloader
File "/nix/store/f525xval2icfd1wrchnlpknqnxfxapk2-qgis-ltr-unwrapped-3.28.7/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 888, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/timlinux/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/Open GIS Stack/python/plugins/geosys-plugin/geosys/processing/geosys_processing_algorithm.py", line 49, in
from geosys.ui.widgets.geosys_coverage_downloader import (
File "/nix/store/f525xval2icfd1wrchnlpknqnxfxapk2-qgis-ltr-unwrapped-3.28.7/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 888, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/timlinux/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/Open GIS Stack/python/plugins/geosys-plugin/geosys/ui/widgets/geosys_coverage_downloader.py", line 53, in
from geosys.utilities.gui_utilities import create_hotspot_layer
File "/nix/store/f525xval2icfd1wrchnlpknqnxfxapk2-qgis-ltr-unwrapped-3.28.7/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 888, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
File "/home/timlinux/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/Open GIS Stack/python/plugins/geosys-plugin/geosys/utilities/gui_utilities.py", line 4, in
from past.builtins import cmp
File "/nix/store/f525xval2icfd1wrchnlpknqnxfxapk2-qgis-ltr-unwrapped-3.28.7/share/qgis/python/qgis/utils.py", line 888, in _import
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'past'

Python version: 3.10.11 (main, Apr 4 2023, 22:10:32) [GCC 12.3.0]
QGIS version: 3.28.7-Firenze Firenze, exported

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