build: stop pulling setuptools into runtime dependencies - #115
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JamieSinn merged 2 commits intoJul 28, 2026
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This PR updates the package’s dependency metadata so that setuptools is no longer propagated as a runtime requirement to downstream consumers, while still ensuring it is available for build-time packaging.
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- Removed
setuptoolsfromrequirements.txtso it no longer ends up ininstall_requires. - Added a PEP 517
[build-system]section topyproject.tomlto declaresetuptoolsas a build requirement.
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| requirements.txt | Removes setuptools from the dependency list that is used to populate runtime install_requires. |
| pyproject.toml | Declares setuptools as the PEP 517 build backend requirement (but currently missing wheel). |
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Looks like you've got some test failures from removing responses. |
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Ah right, sorry about that. I added |
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Amazing! Thank you @JamieSinn ❤️ |
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setuptoolswas listed inrequirements.txtand thus propagated toinstall_requires, forcing it as a runtime dependency for downstream installs even though it is never imported at runtime.Remove it from requirements.txt and instead declare it as a build-time requirement only.
Update: also removed
responsesfromrequirements.txtwhich is already declared inrequirements.test.txt