diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/streamlink/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/streamlink/default.nix
index 2eda19313e1c3..c71e712625c24 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/streamlink/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/streamlink/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,31 @@
 { lib
 , python3Packages
 , fetchPypi
+, substituteAll
 , ffmpeg
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "streamlink";
   version = "6.7.0";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-kjrDJ/QCccWxRLEQ0virAdm0TLxN5PmtO/Zs+4Nc1MM=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./ffmpeg-path.patch;
+      ffmpeg = lib.getExe ffmpeg;
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
     pytestCheckHook
     mock
@@ -23,7 +35,12 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pytest-trio
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = (with python3Packages; [
+  disabledTests = [
+    # requires ffmpeg to be in PATH
+    "test_no_cache"
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
     certifi
     isodate
     lxml
@@ -36,8 +53,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     typing-extensions
     urllib3
     websocket-client
-  ]) ++ [
-    ffmpeg
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/streamlink/ffmpeg-path.patch b/pkgs/applications/video/streamlink/ffmpeg-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6108c53dcf0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/streamlink/ffmpeg-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/streamlink/stream/ffmpegmux.py b/src/streamlink/stream/ffmpegmux.py
+index 258b314a..c493e010 100644
+--- a/src/streamlink/stream/ffmpegmux.py
++++ b/src/streamlink/stream/ffmpegmux.py
+@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class MuxedStream(Stream, Generic[TSubstreams]):
+ 
+ 
+ class FFMPEGMuxer(StreamIO):
+-    __commands__: ClassVar[List[str]] = ["ffmpeg"]
++    __commands__: ClassVar[List[str]] = ["@ffmpeg@"]
+ 
+     DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FORMAT = "matroska"
+     DEFAULT_VIDEO_CODEC = "copy"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycountry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycountry/default.nix
index bc5b1d00192ee..75287c6cbf6b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycountry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycountry/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch2
 , poetry-core
-, importlib-metadata
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
@@ -11,17 +12,33 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "23.12.11";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-AFadgurvvGpJCjEb+oSpxXHP+d2/iwpPTntPhotK2SU=";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pycountry";
+    repo = "pycountry";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-B6kphZZZgK0YuPSmkiQNbEqEfqOQb+WZGnO2UeEqQN4=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "fix-usage-of-importlib_metadata.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/pycountry/pycountry/commit/824d2535833d061c04a1f1b6b964f42bb53bced2.patch";
+      excludes = [ "HISTORY.txt" "poetry.lock" "pyproject.toml" ];
+      hash = "sha256-U4fbZP++d6YfTJkVG3k2rBC8nOF9NflM6+ONlwBNu+g=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "/addopts/d" pytest.ini
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
     poetry-core
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    importlib-metadata
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
@@ -29,11 +46,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "pycountry"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/flyingcircusio/pycountry";
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pycountry/pycountry";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pycountry/pycountry/blob/${src.rev}/HISTORY.txt";
     description = "ISO country, subdivision, language, currency and script definitions and their translations";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydantic-extra-types/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydantic-extra-types/default.nix
index 04e79239d81da..7595ac0b1d573 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydantic-extra-types/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydantic-extra-types/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pydantic-extra-types";
   version = "2.6.0";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pydantic";
@@ -45,11 +45,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ] ++ passthru.optional-dependencies.all;
 
-  pytestFlagsArray = [
-    "-W" "ignore::DeprecationWarning"
-  ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-extra-types/blob/${src.rev}/HISTORY.md";
     description = "Extra Pydantic types";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-extra-types";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/radios/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/radios/default.nix
index 15d515086024d..5831579f7df56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/radios/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/radios/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "radios";
-  version = "0.3.0";
+  version = "0.3.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.11";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "frenck";
     repo = "python-radios";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-bzo+SA8kqc2GcxSV0TiIJyPVG+JshdsMoXSUhZYSphU=";
+    hash = "sha256-c0zfpfEdZvjvKtwGcNLLgEkBihhtz/wouHuYRLCxtBY=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/frenck/python-radios/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "Asynchronous Python client for the Radio Browser API";
     homepage = "https://github.com/frenck/python-radios";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
index 72f390df41f54..fcb0211a13aa8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/woob/default.nix
@@ -3,21 +3,19 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitLab
 , fetchpatch
-, gnupg
 , html2text
-, libyaml
 , lxml
-, nose
 , packaging
 , pillow
 , prettytable
 , pycountry
+, pytestCheckHook
 , python-dateutil
 , pythonOlder
 , pyyaml
 , requests
 , rich
-, termcolor
+, setuptools
 , testers
 , unidecode
 , woob
@@ -26,27 +24,25 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "woob";
   version = "3.6";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "woob";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "woob";
     rev = version;
     hash = "sha256-M9AjV954H1w64YGCVxDEGGSnoEbmocG3zwltob6IW04=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    packaging
+    setuptools
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     babel
     python-dateutil
-    gnupg
     html2text
-    libyaml
     lxml
     packaging
     pillow
@@ -55,17 +51,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pyyaml
     requests
     rich
-    termcolor
     unidecode
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    nose
+    pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    nosetests
-  '';
+  disabledTests = [
+    # require networking
+    "test_ciphers"
+    "test_verify"
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "woob"
@@ -77,6 +74,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://gitlab.com/woob/woob/-/blob/${src.rev}/ChangeLog";
     description = "Collection of applications and APIs to interact with websites";
     homepage = "https://woob.tech";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xhtml2pdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xhtml2pdf/default.nix
index f1c0d836bf746..f223e63c7f0ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xhtml2pdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xhtml2pdf/default.nix
@@ -2,36 +2,59 @@
 , arabic-reshaper
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch2
 , html5lib
 , pillow
 , pyhanko
+, pyhanko-certvalidator
 , pypdf
 , pytestCheckHook
 , python-bidi
 , pythonOlder
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
 , reportlab
+, setuptools
 , svglib
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "xhtml2pdf";
-  version = "0.2.13";
+  version = "0.2.15";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = pname;
-    repo = pname;
+    owner = "xhtml2pdf";
+    repo = "xhtml2pdf";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-K7gsTLYcXmKmEQzOXrJ2kvvLzKaDkZ/NRLRc0USii5M=";
+    hash = "sha256-JXxh/n1kUsy3O4P/6WTfa5p+mYy/t4ZBUhlHp+ypoQc=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/pull/754
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "reportlab-compat.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/commit/1252510bd23b833b45b4d252aeac62c1eb51eeef.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-9Fkn086uh2biabmiChbBna8Q4lJV/604yX1ng9j5TGs=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "reportlab"
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     arabic-reshaper
     html5lib
     pillow
     pyhanko
+    pyhanko-certvalidator
     pypdf
     python-bidi
     reportlab