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[WIP] Fix failure in ReadTheDocs due to deprecated pkg_resources
Replace deprecated pkg_resources and distutils.spawn with stdlib equivalents
Mar 6, 2026
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pkg_resources(setuptools) anddistutils.spawnare deprecated and removed in newer Python versions, causing ReadTheDocs builds to fail.Changes
bioconvert/__init__.py—pkg_resources.require()[0].version→importlib.metadata.version(), catchingPackageNotFoundErrorinstead of broadExceptiondoc/conf.py— samepkg_resources→importlib.metadata.version()replacement for Sphinx version retrievalbioconvert/core/decorators.py:distutils.spawn.find_executable→shutil.which[p.project_name for p in pkg_resources.working_set]→[dist.metadata['Name'] for dist in importlib.metadata.distributions()]All replacements use stdlib modules available since Python 3.8+, eliminating the
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