Add support for puremagic for guess_mimetype

Review Request #14091 — Created Aug. 8, 2024 and submitted

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RBTools
release-5.x

Reviewers

If a system has no "file" binary it is sometimes
easier and faster to install "puremagic" from pypi.
So let's try puremagic if we cannot find "file".

Removed "file" binary from system and saw that "rbt post" won't upload
images like png/jpg because guess_mimetype cannot detect it.
Installed puremagic from pypi and saw that images can be uploaded again.

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Add support for puremagic for guess_mimetype
If a system has no "file" binary it is sometimes easier and faster to install "puremagic" from pypi. So let's try puremagic if we cannot find "file".
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This is a neat module. I like the idea. I think David was looking into some other tool that could …

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chipx86
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    This is a neat module. I like the idea. I think David was looking into some other tool that could also be used for file type matching as well.

    I think we should probably explicitly add puremagic as a dependency so it's guaranteed to be available if file can't be used.

    1. Ok, but sometimes it is a little annoying for package maintainers to add python dependencies. But I looked into Arch- and AlpineLinux and I can add it to the package.

    2. It's a difficult balance for sure, particularly for RBTools. We have to make dependency changes from time to time, and have a couple more that will be coming for the next major version of RBTools. I think this one may be worth making mandatory, but I'd love David's thoughts on this one.

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david
  1. Ship It!
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Completed
Change Summary:
Pushed to release-5.x (cca727f)