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Setup.py attempts to import obsolete 'distutils'

envgap__coveragepy__coveragepy-1820

Original GitHub issue ↗Dated source checkout ↗Opened 2024-07-21

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The Python 'distutils' library has been [deprecated for a long time](https://peps.python.org/pep-0632/), is [prominently documented as obsolescent](https://docs.python.org/3.11/distutils/index.html), and [as of Python 3.12, the 'distutils' import is no longer available](https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html#distutils).



> Note

> The entire distutils package has been deprecated and will be removed in Python 3.12. This documentation is retained as a reference only, and will be removed with the package. See the [What’s New](https://docs.python.org/3.11/whatsnew/3.10.html#distutils-deprecated) entry for more information.



The Coverage.py `setup.py` program still imports from `distutils`; this relies on a temporary magic work-around in the `setuptools` library.



The `setup.py` should be improved to no longer attempt to import `distutils` at all.

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