Description of problem: The current latest package builds fine on EL7 (Scratch Build: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=17647196) and I would be happy to help maintain at least that branch, as I use it there.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 26 development cycle. Changing version to '26'.
beets-1.4.3-2.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-95a6ae24c7
beets-1.4.3-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-95a6ae24c7
beets-1.4.3-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.