Bump APPIMAGE_PYTHON_VERSION to 3.11 and fix xpip for AppImage (xonsh…

…#5024)

news/appimage311.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* xonsh AppImage - bumped python to 3.11
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed xpip alias for xonsh AppImage.
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>

rever.xsh

@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ $DOCKER_GIT_EMAIL = 'xonsh@googlegroups.com'
 
 $GHRELEASE_ASSETS = [git_archive_asset, 'xonsh-x86_64.AppImage']
 
-$APPIMAGE_PYTHON_VERSION = '3.10'
+$APPIMAGE_PYTHON_VERSION = '3.11'

xonsh/aliases.py

@@ -812,9 +812,12 @@ def detect_xpip_alias():
 
     basecmd = [sys.executable, "-m", "pip"]
     try:
-        if ON_WINDOWS or IN_APPIMAGE:
+        if ON_WINDOWS:
             # XXX: Does windows have an installation mode that requires UAC?
             return basecmd
+        elif IN_APPIMAGE:
+            # In AppImage `sys.executable` is equal to path to xonsh.AppImage file and the real python executable is in $_
+            return [XSH.env.get("_", "APPIMAGE_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE_NOT_FOUND"), "-m", "pip"]
         elif not os.access(os.path.dirname(sys.executable), os.W_OK):
             return (
                 sys.executable