Python 3.13 support

[JeremyVriens]

I suppose #2222 has to be fixed first for 3.12 support, but after that we might also fix the support for 3.13.
In Python 3.13 the module called pipes has been removed, hence I got the following error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pipes'
See: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pipes.html