datajoint.conn and datajoint.Connection.__init__ fail when using Python 3.11 and MySQL 5.7

[ethho]

Bug Report

Description

Please see debugging information in #1148. This issue is mirrored in JIRA: https://datajoint.atlassian.net/browse/PLAT-188

Reproducibility

Include:

• OS: Linux
• Python Version: 3.11
• MySQL Version: 5.7
• MySQL Deployment Strategy: local-docker
• DataJoint Version: 0.14.1
• Minimum number of steps to reliably reproduce the issue
  • On branch dev-tests (commit e4e377a), issue PY_VER=3.11 MYSQL_VER=5.7 docker compose up app to run the pytest suite.
• Complete error stack as a result of evaluating the above steps

Console Logs

❯ PY_VER=3.11 MYSQL_VER=5.7 docker compose run app pytest tests
[+] Creating 3/0
 ✔ Container ethho-datajoint-python-minio-1                      Running                                                           0.0s 
 ✔ Container ethho-datajoint-python-fakeservices.datajoint.io-1  Running                                                           0.0s 
 ✔ Container ethho-datajoint-python-db-1                         Running                                                           0.0s 
========================================================= test session starts ==========================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.11.0, pytest-7.2.1, pluggy-1.0.0
rootdir: /src
plugins: Faker-16.6.1, cov-4.0.0
collected 290 items / 1 error                                                                                                          

================================================================ ERRORS ================================================================
_________________________________________________ ERROR collecting tests/test_json.py __________________________________________________
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pymysql/connections.py:633: in connect
    self._request_authentication()
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pymysql/connections.py:849: in _request_authentication
    self._sock = self.ctx.wrap_socket(self._sock, server_hostname=self.host)
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/ssl.py:517: in wrap_socket
    return self.sslsocket_class._create(
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/ssl.py:1075: in _create
    self.do_handshake()
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/ssl.py:1346: in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
E   ssl.SSLError: [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:992)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
tests/test_json.py:8: in <module>
    if Version(dj.conn().query("select @@version;").fetchone()[0]) < Version("8.0.0"):
datajoint/connection.py:133: in conn
    conn.connection = Connection(host, user, password, None, init_fun, use_tls)
datajoint/connection.py:195: in __init__
    connect_host_hook(self)
datajoint/connection.py:52: in connect_host_hook
    connection_obj.connect()
datajoint/connection.py:219: in connect
    self._conn = client.connect(
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pymysql/connections.py:353: in __init__
    self.connect()
/opt/conda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pymysql/connections.py:664: in connect
    raise exc
E   pymysql.err.OperationalError: (2003, "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'fakeservices.datajoint.io' ([SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:992))")
----------------------------------------------------------- Captured stderr ------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-01-03 19:53:33,511][INFO]: Connecting root@fakeservices.datajoint.io:3306
======================================================= short test summary info ========================================================
ERROR tests/test_json.py - pymysql.err.OperationalError: (2003, "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'fakeservices.datajoint.io' ([SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAI...

Expected Behavior

All pytests pass even when using Python >=3.10 and MySQL 5.7

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Additional Research and Context

See debugging findings documented in #1148.