`UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API`

[j93hahn]

I'm using fs==2.4.16 but whenever I import fs I get this error message:

/Users/jjahn/Desktop/Exa/monorepo/python/shared/exa_ml/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/fs/__init__.py:4: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81.
  __import__("pkg_resources").declare_namespace(__name__)  # type: ignore

It's caused by this line:

__import__("pkg_resources").declare_namespace(__name__)  # type: ignore

Just move to PEP420 implicit namespace packaging (no __init__.py file at all) and it will resolve this error. But it should get fixed before 2025-11-30 or users may have problems

[javitab]

Doesn't the error also reference pinning setup-tools to a specific version? I fixed by pinning setup-tools to 80.4.0. You may have the more appropriate fix but I would have thought somewhere around here would have been the fix.

[milahu]

duplicate of #577
fixed by #590

[cadmi]

duplicate of #577 fixed by #590

When is the release?