+# apparently pip is deprecated in debian. try venv or pipx.
+## begin u24 message upon pip install
+# If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
+# create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
+# Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
+# sure you have python3-full installed.
+
+# If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
+# it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
+# virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.
+
+# See /usr/share/doc/python3.12/README.venv for more information.
+## end
+
+# if [[ ! -e ~/.local/bin/pip ]]; then
+# tmp=$(mktemp)
+# wget -O$tmp https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
+# python3 $tmp --user
+# hash -r
+# fi
+
+
+## begin beets
+# soo, apt install beets fails due to wanting a pip package,
+# we find out why it wants this through
+# apt-cache depends --recurse --no-recommends --no-suggests --no-conflicts --no-breaks --no-replaces --no-enhances beets | less
+# python-mediafile requires tox, which requires virtualenv, which requires pip.
+# but, python-mediafile doesn't really require tox, it is specified in
+# ./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mediafile-0.9.0.dist-info/METADATA
+# as being required only for testing, but the debian package
+# included it anyways, due to a mistake or bad tooling or something.
+# I don't plan to use tox, so, according to https://serverfault.com/a/251091,
+# we can create and install a dummy package by:
+#
+# "equivs-control <name>, edit the file produced to provide the right
+# dependency and have a nice name, then run equivs-build <name> and
+# finally dpkg -i the resulting .deb file"
+# as of 2023-02, the tox dependency was removed in debian unstable, so
+# this hack will probably go away in t12.
+
+case $(debian-codename) in
+ aramo)
+ tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+ cd "$tmpdir"
+ # edited from output of equivs-control tox
+ cat >tox <<'EOF'
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Standards-Version: 3.9.2
+Package: tox
+Description: tox-dummy
+EOF
+ equivs-build tox
+ sudo dpkg -i tox_1.0_all.deb
+ rm -rf ./tox*
+ pi beets python3-discogs-client
+ cd
+ rm -r "$tmpdir"
+ ;;
+esac
+
+# get rid of annoying message
+s sed -ri "s/^([[:space:]]*ui.print_\('Playing)/#\1/" /usr/share/beets/beetsplug/play.py