From 0024481055abfa5446a0eb6e98e8385e77103b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Riccardo Magliocchetti <riccardo.magliocchetti@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:37:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] setup: keep checking for setuptools

Use importlib.metadata if available otherwise fallback to pkg_resources.
This partly reverts 2a483aa27822ce8a905902c897bf766bb1b7b776.
---
 setup.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a4e976bfc..b41dcaca9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata
+
+    importlib.metadata.requires("setuptools")
+except ImportError:
+    import pkg_resources
+
+    pkg_resources.require("setuptools")
+
 
 def get_version():
     """