The CHIRP "Python 3 Developer Environment Setup" page recommends Python revision 3.10.8. Is that still the best current recommendation? I notice the latest stable revision is up to 3.12.2 as of early February.
You can _probably_ run with 3.12, but I wouldn't. The current windows builds are still based on 3.10, and we know that the other libraries you'll need are available and working with 3.10. Unless you enjoy chasing down "why does this seem to work for me and nobody else" issues, I'd stick to the same version the users will run while you get your feet wet.
The python team has been on a scorched-earth run lately with backwards compatibility, and 3.12 has more such removals than any in recent history. I've been running it locally to get ahead of future issues, but I wouldn't recommend if if you want to just focus on your driver and don't need it for other local development.
--Dan