From fe8759c19654a9e5cb4bd0c7aa0d9493ab966bd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theron Luhn <theron@luhn.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:38:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Constrain setuptools to <81

`pkg_resources` is deprecated and `setuptools>=81` is slated to remove
it entirely.  Prevent setuptools from upgrading to v81 will buy time
while #3731 is unresolved.
---
 setup.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 08e44d2fa..f499c72d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def readfile(name):
     'hupper >= 1.5',  # ignore_files support
     'plaster',
     'plaster_pastedeploy',
-    'setuptools',
+    'setuptools<81',
     'translationstring >= 0.4',  # py3 compat
     'venusian >= 1.0',  # ``ignore``
     'webob >= 1.8.3',  # Accept.parse_offer