[hma][py-tx] Unclean CI status for HMA and pytx about threatexchange

[ianwal]

Yes, it looks like the dependencies for vpdq are not installed. They are listed in vpdq README.md.

For now, we can just add the dependencies where FFmpeg is installed in the workflow to fix vpdq test.

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Other thoughts:

Is there a proper package manager that could be added for vpdq that is used at Meta, such as Conan? That would allow vpdq to manage its own build dependencies, preferably automatically installing them as needed (just for build stage). vpdq has no runtime dependencies.

Alternatively, we could just publish wheels for vpdq to avoid having to even build in most cases. I think cibuildwheels would work and be fairly simple to setup as an action.

[Dcallies]

Thanks a ton both @ianwal and @Jemeljanov for looking into this one.

I've merged #1569, and will do something shortly to confirm it fixed things.

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In response to other thoughts:

Is there a proper package manager that could be added for vpdq that is used at Meta, such as Conan

This project is unfortunately limited by what tools I've used personally. So far, that has meant setup.py and pip, but even that is already outdated. I've had limited bandwidth so far this year to make improvements to our code due to competing priorities on my team at Meta, but making the repo more maintainable is a goal I'm tracking.

Alternatively, we could just publish wheels for vpdq to avoid having to even build in most cases. I think cibuildwheels would work and be fairly simple to setup as an action.

I'll also check this out as well, I'm going to open a new issue (#1571) for exploration of both of these.

[Dcallies]

Confirmed that #1569 Fixed py-tx build!