[PR #8408/17c39719 backport][3.10] Remove use of typing.ByteString

[patchback]

This is a backport of PR #8408 as merged into master (17c3971).

What do these changes do?

This PR removes use of typing.ByteString from aiohttp. ByteString has been deprecated since Python 3.12, and has already been removed on the CPython main branch (though that change will not be released until Python 3.14 comes out). That means that aiohttp currently installs, but fails to be imported, on Python 3.14:

    import aiohttp
env/lib/python3.14/site-packages/aiohttp/__init__.py:6: in <module>
    from .client import (
env/lib/python3.14/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py:38: in <module>
    from . import hdrs, http, payload
env/lib/python3.14/site-packages/aiohttp/payload.py:10: in <module>
    from typing import (
E   ImportError: cannot import name 'ByteString' from 'typing' (/Users/alexw/dev/cpython/Lib/typing.py)

Are there changes in behavior for the user?

The user will now be able to import aiohttp using Python 3.14+

Is it a substantial burden for the maintainers to support this?

no

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[codecov]

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All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 97.45%. Comparing base (e839279) to head (9a5d2a6).
Report is 2 commits behind head on 3.10.

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