#1083797 thonny: (build-)depends on deprecated module python3-pkg-resources

Package:
src:thonny
Source:
src:thonny
Submitter:
Matthias Klose
Date:
2026-08-01 17:55:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1083797#5
Date:
2024-10-04 09:49:11 UTC
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[This bug is targeted to the upcoming trixie release]

The package build-depends or depends on python3-pkg-resources, which is
deprecated upstream. Details can be found at

https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html

Use of pkg_resources is deprecated in favor of importlib.resources,
importlib.metadata and their backports (importlib_resources, importlib_metadata).
Some useful APIs are also provided by packaging (e.g. requirements and version
parsing). Users should refrain from new usage of pkg_resources and should work
to port to importlib-based solutions.

Python 3.12 in unstable provides both importlib_resources and
importlib_metadata, so no additional dependencies on those packages are needed.
#1083797#12
Date:
2025-10-29 17:02:29 UTC
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The thonny package still uses the pkg_resources module.

Raising the severity of this issue. At the end of the
year 2025, raising the severity again to serious.

If the package is a namespace package, then please lower
the severity again to normal.
#1083797#23
Date:
2026-08-01 17:52:57 UTC
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tags 1083797 +fixed-upstream

This appears to be fixed in version 5.0.0

https://github.com/thonny/thonny/commit/c1ec71949046e232c5419c41842d86c921d898b6