WSL2 dev checkout: CLI uses installed daemon and version mismatch causes unreliable behavior

[aquaherd]

Summary

When running Hamster from a source checkout on WSL2, the CLI may connect to an already-running installed daemon (e.g. /usr/libexec/hamster/hamster-service) instead of the checkout context. This produces server/client version mismatch warnings and can lead to confusing or unreliable behavior during development.

Environment

• WSL2
• Session bus is valid (DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus)
• Installed daemon processes were running from /usr/libexec/hamster/*

Reproduction

1. Keep installed hamster daemons running.
2. Run python3 src/hamster-cli.py list from a source checkout.
3. Observe mismatch warning and checkout CLI talking to installed daemon.

Proposed fix

• In dev mode (hamster.installed == False), detect daemon/client version mismatch and automatically use direct local DB access for CLI commands.
• Keep an override (HAMSTER_CLI_FORCE_DBUS=1) for explicit D-Bus troubleshooting.
• Preserve fallback for environments where session D-Bus is actually unavailable.

Attached branch

• Branch: https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster/tree/fix/wsl2-dbus-cli-fallback
• PR: https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster/pull/new/fix/wsl2-dbus-cli-fallback
• Head commit: 70c83824

[aquaherd]

Added a follow-up commit for the GitHub Actions failure on Ubuntu 24.04 ( no longer exists there).\n\n- Removed from apt dependencies\n- Updated Ubuntu source-install dependency line in accordingly\n- Commit: 89c73e4\n- Branch: https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster/tree/fix/wsl2-dbus-cli-fallback\n\nThis should resolve the apt install error:\n

[aquaherd]

Follow-up for the GitHub Actions failure on Ubuntu 24.04 (python3-distutils package removed upstream).

• Removed python3-distutils from .github/workflows/testing.yml apt dependencies
• Updated Ubuntu source-install dependency line in README.md
• Commit: 89c73e4f
• Branch: https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster/tree/fix/wsl2-dbus-cli-fallback

Expected to resolve:
E: Package 'python3-distutils' has no installation candidate