Removed dependency on the "zeroconf" package and install it only when a user lists mDNS devices (issue with zeroconf's LGPL license)

HISTORY.rst

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ PlatformIO Core 6
 
 * Added support for Python 3.11
 * Made assets (templates, ``99-platformio-udev.rules``) part of Python's module (`issue #4458 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4458>`_)
-* Import the "zeroconf" module only when a user lists mDNS devices (issue with zeroconf's LGPL license)
 * Updated `Clang-Tidy <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/plus/check-tools/clang-tidy.html>`__ check tool to v15.0.5 with new diagnostics and bugfixes
+* Removed dependency on the "zeroconf" package and install it only when a user lists mDNS devices (issue with zeroconf's LGPL license)
 
 6.1.5 (2022-11-01)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

platformio/device/list/util.py

@@ -82,7 +82,15 @@ def list_logical_devices():
 
 
 def list_mdns_services():
-    import zeroconf  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+    try:
+        import zeroconf  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+    except ImportError:
+        result = proc.exec_command(
+            [proc.get_pythonexe_path(), "-m", "pip", "install", "zeroconf"]
+        )
+        if result.get("returncode") != 0:
+            print(result.get("err"))
+        import zeroconf  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
     class mDNSListener:
         def __init__(self):

setup.py

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ minimal_requirements = [
     "requests==%s" % ("2.27.1" if PY36 else "2.*"),
     "semantic_version==2.10.*",
     "tabulate==%s" % ("0.8.10" if PY36 else "0.9.*"),
-    "zeroconf<1",
 ]
 
 home_requirements = [