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0-wiz-0

opened on Feb 17, 2026

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setuptools 67 deprecated pkg_resource, and in 82 it was removed, leading to:

* Building wheel...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/pkg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
    main()
  File "/opt/pkg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 373, in main
    json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/pkg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 280, in build_wheel
    return _build_backend().build_wheel(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/pkg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 438, in build_wheel
    return _build(['bdist_wheel'])
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/pkg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 429, in _build
    return self._build_with_temp_dir(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/pkg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 410, in _build_with_temp_dir
    self.run_setup()
  File "/opt/pkg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 520, in run_setup
    super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
  File "/opt/pkg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup
    exec(code, locals())
  File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

when trying to build it.

Workaround:

--- setup.py.orig       2026-02-17 15:06:10.418245753 +0000
+++ setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 # Distutils script for python-xlib

-from pkg_resources import parse_requirements
 from setuptools import (__version__ as setuptools_version, setup)


 # Check setuptools is recent enough to support `setup.cfg`.
-setuptools_require = next(parse_requirements('setuptools>=30.3.0'))
-assert setuptools_version in setuptools_require, '{} is required'.format(setuptools_require)


 setup(

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1. loqs commented on Feb 24, 2026

   

   loqs

   on Feb 24, 2026

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   @0-wiz-0 Have you considered preserving the version check for backwards compatibility possible:

   --- a/setup.py
   +++ b/setup.py
   @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
    # Distutils script for python-xlib
    
   -from pkg_resources import parse_requirements
   +from packaging.requirements import Requirement
    from setuptools import (__version__ as setuptools_version, setup)
    
    
    # Check setuptools is recent enough to support `setup.cfg`.
   -setuptools_require = next(parse_requirements('setuptools>=30.3.0'))
   -assert setuptools_version in setuptools_require, '{} is required'.format(setuptools_require)
   +setuptools_require = Requirement('setuptools>=30.3.0')
   +assert setuptools_require.specifier.contains(setuptools_version), \
   +    '{} is required (found {})'.format(setuptools_require, setuptools_version)
    
    
    setup(

   Or attempt to preserve compatibility back to python 2.7:

   --- a/setup.py
   +++ b/setup.py
   @@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
    # Distutils script for python-xlib
    
   -from pkg_resources import parse_requirements
   -from setuptools import (__version__ as setuptools_version, setup)
   -
   +try:
   +    from packaging.requirements import Requirement
   +except ImportError:
   +    from pkg_resources import parse_requirements
   +    def Requirement(req_str):
   +        return next(parse_requirements(req_str))
    
    # Check setuptools is recent enough to support `setup.cfg`.
   -setuptools_require = next(parse_requirements('setuptools>=30.3.0'))
   -assert setuptools_version in setuptools_require, '{} is required'.format(setuptools_require)
   +setuptools_require = Requirement('setuptools>=30.3.0')
   +
   +if hasattr(setuptools_require, 'specifier'):
   +    assert setuptools_require.specifier.contains(setuptools_version)
   +else:
   +
   +    assert setuptools_version in setuptools_require
    
    
    setup(

   What did you do for runtests.py?

   --- a/runtests.py
   +++ b/runtests.py
   @@ -10,7 +10,16 @@ import sys
    import tempfile
    import textwrap
    
   -from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
   +def get_entry_point(group, name):
   +    try:
   +        eps = entry_points(group=group, name=name)
   +    except TypeError:
   +        eps = entry_points().get(group, [])
   +
   +    if isinstance(eps, dict):
   +        return next(ep for ep in eps if ep.name == name)
   +
   +    return next(iter(eps))
    
    
    class SigException(BaseException):
   @@ -50,10 +59,18 @@ def tests_run(display, authfile=None):
            sys.executable,
            '-c', textwrap.dedent(
                '''
   -            from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
   -            sys.exit(load_entry_point(
   -                'nose', 'console_scripts', 'nosetests',
   -            )())
   +            try:
   +                from importlib.metadata import entry_points
   +            except ImportError:
   +                from importlib_metadata import entry_points
   +
   +            try:
   +                ep = next(iter(entry_points(group='console_scripts', name='nosetests')))
   +            except TypeError:
   +                ep = next(ep for ep in entry_points().get('console_scripts', []) if ep.name == 'nosetests')
   +
   +            import sys
   +            sys.exit(ep.load()())
                '''
            ).lstrip(),
            '--exe', '--with-xunit', '--verbosity=3',
   @@ -68,7 +85,7 @@ def tests_run(display, authfile=None):
        print('running tests: `{0}`'.format(' '.join(cmd)))
        sys.argv = cmd
        try:
   -        load_entry_point('nose', 'console_scripts', 'nosetests')()
   +        get_entry_point('console_scripts', 'nosetests').load()()
        except SystemExit as err:
            code = err.code
        else:
2. 0-wiz-0 commented on Feb 25, 2026

   

   0-wiz-0

   on Feb 25, 2026

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   Sure, preserving the check is nicer.
   I'm not interested in Python 2.7 compatibility.
   I didn't touch runtests.py because I use pytest to run the tests, that seems to work fine, so I didn't notice.
   But please go ahead and commit your versions!
   Thanks.

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