Merge pull request #1004 from EleutherAI/py3.8

Adds Python 3.8 Compatibility

lm_eval/tasks/bigbench.py

@@ -229,7 +229,11 @@ def create_task_from_path(json_path):
 
 
 def create_all_tasks():
-    resources_dir = importlib.resources.files("lm_eval.datasets") / "bigbench_resources"
+     try:
+        resources_dir = importlib.resources.files("lm_eval.datasets") / "bigbench_resources"
+    except:
+        import importlib_resources
+        resources_dir = importlib_resources.files("lm_eval.datasets") / "bigbench_resources"
     supported_tasks = [os.path.splitext(x)[0] for x in os.listdir(resources_dir)]
     res = {}
     for task_name in supported_tasks:

setup.py

@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.9",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=[
         "datasets>=2.0.0",
         "einops",
+        "importlib-resources",
         "jsonlines",
         "numexpr",
         "openai>=0.6.4",