Avoid setuptools 77.0.3 when publishing

Author: Zoran Simic

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
 
+    # Temporarily avoid 77.0.3, see https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4902
     - run: |
-        pip install -U pip setuptools wheel tox
+        pip install -U pip 'setuptools!=77.0.3' wheel tox
         git config --global user.name tester
         git config --global user.email tester@example.com
     - run: tox -e py,docs,style,security

HISTORY.rst

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Release notes
 =============
 
-3.7.0 (2025-03-20)
+3.7.1 (2025-03-20)
 ------------------
 
 * Adapted ``CheckCommand`` to setuptools v77.0.3